Alford Morris

May 24, 1939 - January 29, 2022

Alford Hawkins Morris, age 82, of Springfield, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022 at his home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 2pm in the chapel of the Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield with Brother Randy Hester officiating. Burial will follow in the Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery with his grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday, January 31, 2022 from 4-8pm and again on Tuesday from 10am until the hour of service at 2pm. Mr. Morris was born May 24, 1939 in Robertson County to the late J.C. and Cecil Johnson Morris. He was a cowboy, a logger, a construction worker, a farmer, and whatever he needed to be at the time. He was the roughest, toughest man you would meet, but the softest, sweetest person you could ever know, even playing Santa at times. He was “Papaw” to his favorites, “Daddy” to his next, and “Uncle Alford” or “Mr. Alford” to most. He always seemed to be happy, laughing and smiling every time you saw him and will truly be missed by everyone who knew him. In addition to his parents Mr. Morris is preceded in death by his daughters, Beverly Jane Morris and Tammy Annette Morris, his brother, James Wayne Morris, his sister, Faye Hall, his daughter-in-law, Tonya Morris, and his son-in-law, Paul Roark. Mr. Morris is survived by the mother of his children, Sammie Reid Morris; his children, Melinda Roark, Timothy “Bubba” Morris, Susan and husband, Delvin Hester, and Dennis and wife, Jill Morris; sisters, Johnnie Hand and Abbigail and husband, Billy Jackson; 15 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of these arrangements. AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME- 509 WALNUT STREET, SPRINGFIELD, TN (615) 384-1000