Bill Morris has retired as pastor of Central Coosa Cowboy Church, Hanover. After serving in the U.S. Army as a corporal and veteran of the Korean War, Morris had a successful career as an industrial maintenance person. During that time, he was licensed to ministry and served as a lay leader in his church and a chaplain for the Shelby County jail. He attended the Billy Graham School of Evangelism.
Upon his retirement in 1997, he and his wife, Jan, started going on short-term missions trips to Mexico, Canada, Nicaragua and China. They went for a four-month appointment to Cody, Wyoming, and stayed 20 years doing church planting. Morris spent five years as pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Weogufka, Alabama, before returning to Wyoming for a second time. Upon his return to Alabama, Morris felt called to plant the Central Coosa Cowboy Church six years ago.
He was honored Feb. 25 with a retirement reception hosted by the Central Baptist Association, Central Coosa Cowboy Church and Rockford Baptist Church. He and Jan have four children, 10 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
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