DARRELL MORRIS,65 OF WAKE FOREST, NC FORMERLY OF NORTHFORK, WV PASSED AWAY AUGUST 2023 AT HIS RESIDENCE. BORN FEBRUARY 25, 1958, IN NORTHFORK, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE MARVA STOKES AND GEORGE L. MORRIS, SR.

DARRELL WAS A 1977 GRADUATE OF NORTHFORK HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, HE WORKED IN THE COAL MINES VERY BRIEFLY. DARRELL WORKED FOR MCDOWELL CO SCHOOL BOARD AS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER BEFORE MOVING TO THE BLUEFIELD AREA WHERE HE WORKED AT COLE CHEVROLET UNTIL RELOCATING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA AREA WHERE CALLED HOME UNTIL HIS PASSING.

IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS GEORGE L. MORRIS, JR(SONNY), TIMMY AND ELGIN STOKES.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO SONS: JOHN PAUL JENNINGS OF CHARLOTTE, NC, AND PRINTESS MORRIS OF ALABAMA, AND GRANDAUGHTERS: JAHNAE JENNINGS AND JAYANNA COOPER.

BROTHER: MICHEAL MORRIS AND SISTERS: MATILDA, TINA ROBINSON, HELENA DAVIS, LORATA FERGUSON, AND YVONNIA JOHNSON: ALSO, HIS STEP-MOTHER MARY STOKES OF PRINCETON, WV.

DARRELL WAS ALWAYS THE COMEDIAN FINDING LAUGHTER IN ALMOST EVERYTHING. HIS HUMOR AND INFECTIOUS LAUGHTER WILL BE MISSED GREATLY.