Mrs. Shirley Morris

Mrs. Shirley Morris, age 86, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky.

Mrs. Morris was born on October 3, 1939, in Calloway County to the late Osro Butterworth and Estelle Farmer Butterworth. She retired from Mattel and had also worked at Briggs and Stratton and the Lynn Grove Egg Company. She was a member of the Kirksey Church of Christ.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Max Morris; three sisters, Sue McMillen, Annette Wilson, and Peggy Parrish; two brothers, Jimmy Butterworth and Pat Butterworth.

Survivors include two daughters, Zandra Beane and husband David of Kirksey, Kentucky, and Regina Hudgens and husband Mark of Jackson, Tennessee; one son, Garry W. Morris of Mt. Vernon, Indiana; one sister, Joan Orr and husband Billy Dan of Murray, Kentucky; one brother, Jackie Butterworth and wife Clarkie of Murray, Kentucky; two sister in laws, Inez Butterworth and Evelyn Butterworth both of Murray, Kentucky; four grandchildren, Heather Morris of Murray, Kentucky, Jamey Beane of Kirksey, Kentucky, Jessica Crocker and husband Cody of Huntingdon, Tennessee and Brandi Hudgens of Jackson, Tennessee; also surviving are four great-grandchildren, Hayden Holliman of Murray, Kentucky, Sam Loyd Beane of Kirksey, Kentucky, Kinze Beane of Kirksey, Kentucky, and Tinsley Hudgens of Jackson, Tennessee.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Mike Evans and Larry Evans officiating. Burial will follow in the Murray City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Expressions of sympathy may go to the Kirksey Church of Christ, 1059 Tidwell Road, Benton, Kentucky 42071.

Online condolences can be made at www.jhchurchill.com