Heather M. Morris, daughter of Joe “Rick” Morris and Sheila Glass Morris both of Bernie, Missouri was born on November 23, 1976 in Dexter, Missouri and passed away on Saturday September 14, 2013 at her parents residence in Bernie, Missouri at the age of 36 years.

Heather graduated from Bernie High School in 1995, received an associate’s degree from Three Rivers Community College, bachelor’s degree at Arkansas State University, and completed her law degree at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  She was affiliated with the First Assembly of God Church in Bernie, an employee of Family Counseling Center, and a resident of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Heather was very compassionate about children and her job. She always put others first by loving your neighbor as yourself and by showing the great love of Christ to all. 

Besides her parents, survivors include two brothers, Josh Morris of Bernie and Jason Morris of Wenatchee, Washington; parental grandmother, Ellen Morris of Thomasville, Missouri and maternal grandmother, Doris Glass of Bernie, Missouri.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. Thursday September 19, 2013. 

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday September 20, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie with Rev. Kent Kassinger officiating. 

Graveside services will be conducted on Friday September 20, 2013 at 3:00 P.M. at the Huddleston Cemetery near Alton, Missouri. Interment will immediately follow.