"Bill" William Robert Morrow

William Robert “Bill” Morrow, 85, of Tishomingo, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, September 20, 2024. He was born December 6, 1938 in Tishomingo to Robert Thomas and Mary Belle Marshall Morrow. During his school years he worked as a projectionist at the movie theater in Tishomingo beginning at the age of 14. In 1955 he won the Tishomingo Public School’s mathematics award. Bill graduated from Tishomingo High School in 1956 as the class Salutatorian. In 1958 he graduated from Murray State College with an Associate Degree in Science. After college he moved to Oklahoma City and was employed by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation as a Draftsman. On October 9, 1959, he married his childhood sweetheart and the absolute love of his life, Judy Mae Callen, at the First Baptist Church in Gainesville, Texas. They met on a blind date when she was 15 and he was 19. Bill and Judy lived in Oklahoma City and he continued working for ODOT. Three children were born to them: Gary Dale Morrow in 1960, Lea Ann in 1963, and Clint in 1971. He also attended night school at Central University in Edmond, which prompted their move there in 1967. Bill and Judy graciously shared their home with many family members as they were seeking employment and housing in the OKC area. During his tenure at ODOT, which spanned 35 years, Bill was promoted three times as Draftsman, three times as an Engineer, then was promoted to Supervisor of the Internal Review Section which entailed auditing land acquisition operations and expenditures within the department. Bill was a Certified Internal Auditor and held a Real Estate Broker’s license. He wrote over 500 computer programs which were used in the early days of computer usage at ODOT. He retired in 1993 as Right-of-Way Division’s Assistant Division Manager. Bill and Judy graciously shared their home with many family members as they were seeking employment and housing in the OKC area. Bill and Judy moved back to Tishomingo, built their retirement home on the old Morrow homeplace and looked after their parents. Bill was quiet, thoughtful, humble, pretty stubborn and usually, the most intelligent person in the room (but he was modest about it!). His hobbies were gardening, genealogy and he was a trivia master. Bill is survived by his wife, Judy, of Tishomingo and son, Clinton, of Edmond; sisters-in-law, Frances Morrow and JoAnne Callen; several nieces and nephews; and many cousins. Bill was preceded in death by two children Gary Dale Morrow and Lea Ann Morrow; his parents; sisters Virigina Bracken and Betty June Murray; and brother, Tom Morrow. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 27, 2024 at DeArman-Clark Funeral Home with Pastor Earl White to officiate. Interment to follow at Condon Grove Cemetery in Milburn. Family hour will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at DeArman-Clark Funeral Home. Those serving as pallbearers will be Mike Bracken, Bobby Bracken, Alan Murray, Kevin Morrow, Colby Murray, and Brandon Morrow. Honorary pallbearers will be Jaren Callen and Trenton Smithart. Arrangements were made under the direction and care of DeArman-Clark Funeral Home in Tishomingo, Oklahoma

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"Bill" William Robert Morrow

December 6, 1938 - September 20, 2024