Barbara “Bobbie” Merton Morrison, 86, of Vero Beach, died on Nov. 18, 2011, at the Vero Beach VNA Hospice House.
She was raised in Stamford, Conn., and Englewood, N.J.
Morrison was born on March 4, 1925, in Lake Worth, and lived in Vero Beach and John’s Island for fifty plus years.
Morrison was married to John J. Morrison for almost 51 years.
Morrison was a lifelong Roman Catholic, and she graduated from Rosemont Catholic Girls College.
She also obtained an A.S. degree in nursing at Indian River State College in 1973.
She won the first place poetry award in 1990 at the Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest for her poem titled “Bella Coola”.
In the early sixties she developed the advertising campaign for the Summerplace development, which was founded by her husband and Anthony Drexel Duke.
She was also a founding trustee of the Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) in Vero Beach.
Morrison was a member of the Quail Valley River Club.
Survivors include her sister Judith Saul, of North Carolina; brother, Bill Merton, of Virginia; daughter, Dr. Lynn Williams, of Vero Beach; daughter, Sharon Lucie, of Jacksonville; son, John James Morrison Jr., of St. Augustine; son, John Roddy Morrison, of Vero Beach; granddaughter, Angela Beckley Waldrop, of Vero Beach; grandson, Ryland Lucie, of Jacksonville; grandsons, Craig Lucie of Atlanta, Ga., Stephen Morrison, of Vero Beach and Nicolas Morrison, of Vero Beach; and great-grandson, Beckley Robert Waldrop of Vero Beach.
Morrison was predeceased by her husband, John J. Morrison, on Dec. 18, 2000 and granddaughter Andrea Morrison, on May 12, 2009.
A private memorial service will be held on a future date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Edward’s school or to the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cox-Gifford- Seawinds Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero Beach.
Condolences may be sent to www.seawindsfh.com
