Edgar Lee Morrell and Lucile Smithson

Husband

Edgar Lee Morrell

Born: MAR 1900^[1] at Sullivan Co., Tenn.
Died: SEP 1985^[2] at Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tenn.
Married: 21 SEP 1918^[4] at Sullivan Co., Tenn.
Father: Gaston Marion Morrell
Mother: Nancy Jane Boyd

Wife

Lucile Smithson

Children

Marion James Morrell1920

Born: 22 MAR 1920^[7]

Gilbert Bruce “Gil” Morrell1930 – 2020

Born: 11 AUG 1930 · Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tenn.
Died: 30 NOV 2020 · Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tenn.

Margie Nell Morrell1936 – 2019

Born: 15 NOV 1936 · Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tenn.
Died: 25 MAR 2019 · Asheville, Buncombe Co., N.C.

Reford Lee Morrell1929 – 2020

Born: 14 JUN 1929 · Wash. Co., Va.
Died: 07 OCT 2020 · Abingdon, Wash. Co., Va.

Virgil Glen Morrell1924 – 2004

Born: 02 JUL 1924^[8] · Tenn.
Died: 21 MAR 2004^[9] · Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tenn.

NOTE: needs independent verification: the parent-child link to Edgar Lee Morrell (@I13970@) and Lucile Smithson (@I014786@) rests on Find a Grave’s contributor-entered Family Members panel (QUAY 1). The memorial’s own obituary excerpt is truncated on the source page (“Read More” not expanded) and does not itself state parentage, unlike the companion memorials for Gilbert Bruce, Margie Nell, and Reford Lee Morrell. No vital, probate, or full obituary record naming Virgil Glen Morrell’s parents was located this session.

United States, Census, 1900 (Edgar Lee Morrell, Civil District 3, Sullivan Co., Tennessee), online at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZ8-8NZ (accessed 2026-07-21), Civil District 3, ED 104, Sullivan Co., TN; Household 89, Sheet 7A, Line 4. Edgar Lee Morrell. Sex: Male. Age: 0 days. Birth Date: March 1900. Birthplace: Tennessee. Event Place: Civil District 3, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States. Household: Gaston Morrell, Father, M, 22, Tennessee, Head, Married, Years Married 11; Nancy J Morrell, Mother, F, 33, Tennessee; Landon M Morrell, Brother, M, 10; Mary K Morrell, Sister, F, 3; Robert J Morrell, Brother, M, 6; Almeda Morrell, Sister, F, 8.
United States, Social Security Death Index (Edgar Lee Morrell, b. 10 Mar 1900, d. Sep 1985), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9DF-4QM (accessed 2026-07-18), SSDI entry. Edgar Lee Morrell. Birth Date: 10 Mar 1900. Death Date: Sep 1985. Last residence Sullivan Co., Tennessee. See also Find a Grave memorial #209553144 — Edgar Lee “Ed” Morrell, Shipley Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, online at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209553144/edgar-lee-morrell (accessed 2026-07-21), Memorial #209553144. Edgar Lee “Ed” Morrell. BIRTH 1900. DEATH 1985 (aged 84-85). BURIAL Shipley Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA. MEMORIAL ID 209553144.
Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1959 (Edgar L Morrell and Lucile Smithson, 21 Sep 1918, Sullivan Co.), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-1HRX (accessed 2026-07-18), Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1959. E L Morrell. Marriage 21 Sep 1918. Sullivan, Tennessee. Spouse: Lucile Smithson. See also Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1989 (Marion James Morrell, 1976, naming parents Ed Lee Morrell and Adaline Lucille Smithson), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBT-XH2B (accessed 2026-07-18), Virginia Marriage Certificate, 1976 (son Marion James Morrell). Marion James Morrell, b. 22 Mar 1920, parents Ed Lee Morrell and Adaline Lucille Smithson. See also United States, Census, 1920 (Edgar L Morrell household, Sullivan Co., Tennessee), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRH-HTF (accessed 2026-07-18), 1920 US Census, Sullivan Co., Tennessee. Edgar L Morrell, age 20, son of Gaston M & Nancy J Morrell, married; wife Lucile Morrell, 18, Tennessee; brothers Fred E, Odie G, Rufus L Morrell in household.
Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1989 (Marion James Morrell, 1976, naming parents Ed Lee Morrell and Adaline Lucille Smithson), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBT-XH2B (accessed 2026-07-18), Virginia Marriage Certificate, 1976. Marion James Morrell, b. 22 Mar 1920, parents Ed Lee Morrell and Adaline Lucille Smithson.
Virgil Glen Morrell (1924-2004), Memorial #130666689, Crumley Cemetery, Bluff City, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, online at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130666689/virgil_glen-morrell (accessed 2026-07-22), Memorial #130666689. Virgil Glen Morrell. BIRTH 2 Jul 1924, Tennessee, USA. MEMORIAL ID 130666689.
Virgil Glen Morrell (1924-2004), Memorial #130666689, Crumley Cemetery, Bluff City, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, online at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130666689/virgil_glen-morrell (accessed 2026-07-22), Memorial #130666689. Virgil Glen Morrell. DEATH 21 Mar 2004 (aged 79), Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA. Bio: “Glen Morrell, age 79, of 469 BRISTOL, Tenn. – Virgil Morrell Town Road, passed away on March 21, 2004, at Bristol Regional Medical Center” [excerpt truncated on source page, Read More not expanded; the visible excerpt does not itself state parentage].