Wilma Gertrude Bearden Morrow

Mrs. Wilma Gertrude Bearden Morrow was born November 16, 1933, in Maulden, MO to her parents, the late Mr. Willam Henry Bearden and Mrs. Geneva Bearden. As a child, she would spend her childhood years in Brighton, MO, enjoying the beauty of nature the area has to offer and attending school in her community. She would go on to meet the love of her life and future husband, Mr. Raymond Morrow, as he had taken a job picking cotton in Missouri. The two would marry July 26, 1949, and would remain married until his passing. The two would make Waynesboro their forever home, raising their family and attending Evans Chapel Church near their home. Mrs. Morrow worked hard during her adult years in several capacities such as manufacturing, as she was a line laborer for Mallory Manufacturing in Waynesboro for many years, and as a housewife and mother, but by far her favorite would be babysitting her grandchildren. In her leisure time she enjoyed growing vegetables and working in her flower garden. She loved watching what she planted bloom and enjoying the fruits of her labor, both in her gardens and her family. Most of all she loved spending all the time she could with her children and especially her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Wilma Gertrude Bearden Morrow passed peacefully from this life on April 1, 2025, in Waynesboro, TN making her stay on this earth some 91 years, 4 months and 16 days.

Those left to honor her memory are children Charles and wife Amy Morrow of Clifton, TN, Randal and wife Loria Morrow of Waynesboro, TN, Judy and husband Sonny Tomaszewski of Millington, TN, and Donna Grimes of Waynesboro, TN; grandchildren Cindy Cummings of Waynesboro, TN, Stacey Tomaszewski of Millington, TN, Jennifer and husband Billy Nutt of Waynesboro, TN, Amber and husband Lonnie Earnhart of Waynesboro, TN, LaRanda and husband Anthony Strickland of Waynesboro, TN, and Raymond wife Samantha Morrow of Waynesboro, TN; 16 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren; brother Winston Bearden of MO; sisters Linda McDonald, Phyllis Stelling, and Jean Benton, all of MO; and many other family members, loved ones, and friends.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by brothers Robert Bearden, William Bearden, Vernon Bearden, and Ray Bearden; sister Deloris Huggins; great-grandson Jordon Nutt.

Funeral services were held Friday, April 4, 2025, at the Evans Chapel Church in Clifton, TN at 2:00 pm with burial following at the Evans Chapel cemetery.

Visitation was Thursday, April 3, 2025, from 6:00 pm till 8:00 pm at the Bates-Love Funeral and Cremation, LLC Chapel in Waynesboro, TN and again on Friday, April 4, 2025, from 12:00 pm till funeral service time at 2:00 pm at the Evans Chapel Church in Clifton, TN.

Bates-Love Funeral and Cremation, LLC is honored to serve the family.