Jake Elmer Morey Jr

Jake Elmer Morey , Jr., age 80, formerly of Prattville, Alabama, died peacefully at his home on Sunday, June 23, 2013. Born on January 3, 1933 in Burlington, Kansas, he was one of 10 children of Jake and Etta (Kiser) Morey. Jake grew up on his family’s dairy farm and attended rural schools and graduated Burlington High School in 1952. He entered the United States Army on Sept. 15, 1953 as a Medium & Heavy Weapons Maintenance Specialist; he graduated on May 13, 1954 and was honorably discharged. He transitioned into the United States Army Reserves until Sept. 1961 and honorably discharged with the rank of SP4. While in the Army Reserves he successfully completed the Radio-Television Training School on June 28, 1959. This became his passion. In the early 1980s, he opened a RCA Dealership where he sold and fixed televisions on Kennedy Street in Burlington, KS. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Church of Corsicana, Texas. He loved cooking, raising birds and fish, gardening and fishing. He loved to tinker and tell stories. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Rosalie Melinda Baysinger; second wife, Patricia Murial (Kane) Morey; a brother, Chester Morey; a sister, Myrtle Ruth (Allen)Morey; two brothers-in-law, E.J. Mitchell and Frank Efinger. Survivors include a companion and dear friend, Peggy L. Hooks, Prattville; daughter, Deborah Keefer and her husband, Duane, Pennsylvania; four grandchildren. Two sons; Gregory Lee Morey and his wife, Laurie (Cooper) Morey, Kansas; four grandchildren. Elmer Morey, Texas; Carmen Morey daughter-in-law; four grandchildren, four great grandchildren; two brothers, Ralph Morey and his wife, Wilma, California, and Roy Morey and his wife, Cora, Leroy; five sisters, Alice Weippert and her husband, Ed, California, Lena Mitchell, Scranton, Della Mason, California, Dora Efinger, Waverly, Betty Dewitt and her husband Willis, Burlingame; a sister-in-law, Nadine Morey, Minnesota; and many, many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Prattville Memorial Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to Deborah Keefer, 14 West Mulbery Hill Road, Carlisle, PA 17013

Jake Elmer Morey Jr

January 3, 1933 - June 23, 2013