- State: Georgia
Glenn Morris, Sr. Glenn H. Morris, Sr., 82 of Chattanooga passed away Sunday, November 13, 2005 at his home. He was born in 1923 in Wax, Georgia to the late Robert and Annie Morris. He has lived in Chattanooga since 1952. He was a US Navy veteran of WWII participating in eight invasions, including Leyte, North Africa, Iwo Jima and Luzon. Upon his return home he worked for Southern Dairies (Sealtest) and Rexall Drugs. In 1963 he started Progressive Drugs of America. In 1973 he started M & M Plastics and Chattanooga Plastics. He sold these businesses in 1984. He started Morris Enterprises in 1985, later called M & M Industries. He held patents for several child-resistant containers and closures for chemical, prescription and pharmaceutical products. In 2005 he received the Entrepreneurial Award from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, School of Business. H e was a member of the Alhambra Shrine. Mr. Morris was a believer in Jesus Christ and will be missed by all who spent any time with him. He is survived by his wife Fayenell Morris; daughters, Gloria (Joseph) )Pappalardo of Vero Beach, Florida, Glenda Rothberg of LaJolla, California; son, Glenn H. (Suzanne) Morris, Jr., Chattanooga; grandaaughters, Laura and Abigail Rothberg, Jennifer Sproule, Stephanie Pappalardo, Emma Moris, Sydney Morris; grandsons, Joseph ,Ryan and Brandon Pappalardo; sisters, Marguerite Climber, Shreveport, Louisiana, Hazel Cowan, Rome, Georgia.
