(23 July 1921-2 Sept. 1982), singer. (Howie Morris, Howard M. Morris) Born at Alexandria, GC. Parents: Michael J. Morris and his wife Grace MacDougald. Early in his life, his right hand and right eye were injured by a powder blast. Excluded from the military by these disabilities, during WWII he worked in a munitions plant at Valleyfield, Que. (Also described as working at the DIL plant at Nitro, Que. Nitro was a company town near Valleyfield.) Afterwards, he worked on the staff of the United Counties Assessment Commissioner. Over many years, he was a major figure on the GC singing and music scene. His obituary (Glengarry News) said, “His death stilled a voice that had entertained two generations of Glengarrians at social gatherings and which had been heard in hymn and song at weddings and funerals down through the years.” Angus H. McDonell remembered that for “upwards of 40 years the closing number at a house party, a social gathering in say Alexander Hall, a Glengarry night in either Montreal or Ottawa,” was his singing of “In My Bonnie Native Glen.” Roman Catholic. For many years he was a member of St. Finnan’s choir. He was interested in and active in athletics. His death was at his home in the Fourth of Kenyon. On 10 May 1947 he was married to Gwen Cleary. (eleven children) He was a first cousin of Peter Augustine Morris and a near relative of Duncan Donovan.

Glengarry News 8 Sept. 1982 (includes biog. article of tribute by Angus H. McDonell, portrait) * geneal. of the Morris family: Butternuts and Maple Sugar 264-265 and Lochinvar to Skye 204-205 * biog. sketch prepared for his induction into GC Celtic Music Hall of Fame, GN 18 May 2005 (portrait) * biog. sketch prepared for his son Donnie’s induction into Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame, GN 20 July 2005