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Randy Lynn Morrison, 61, of Greenville, passed away January 6 at Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rockwall, Texas. Services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, Jan. 11, at Ridgecrest Baptist Church with Rev. Eddie Smith of Tyler, Texas, officiating. Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home.Born November 2, 1952 in Hobbs, New Mexico, he was the son of the late Muriel R. Morrison and June H. Price. He was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church.Randy graduated from Crane High School in Crane, Texas. He earned a Bachelors of Music Education, a Masters of Music and Performance, and a Masters in Business Administration from East Texas State University, now Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. He was a member of Phi Mu Alpha and an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Si. He served as an assistant band director in South Grand Prairie High School and band director for Greenville Junior High. Randy worked 29 years, and was recognized for a number of achievements, as a Contract Administrator at E-Systems, Raytheon, and L-3 in Greenville, Texas. He enjoyed playing tuba and bass trombone for Dallas Christian Jazz Band, Swing Street Connection, Trombonium Symphonium, and the Singing Men of Texas. He was a master wood-crafter and, through a wood recovery project, Randy created various wood designs to benefit the music scholarship fund for Texas A&M. He was an active member of the Golden K Kiwanis Club, participating in many community projects. He led music for various churches and the Adult 7 Dept. at Ridgecrest.Since retirement from L-3 in April of 2011, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, woodworking, and most recently taught himself to make intricate trout-fishing flies. In August of 2013 he returned to his first love of teaching tuba to high school students at Rockwall-Heath High School. Randy’s activities always included expressions of genuine interest in his family and his friends who were impacted by his kind and gentle spirit.Survivors include his mother, June Price; his wife of 36 years, Maggie Morrison; son, Timothy Morrison and his wife, Sarah, all of Greenville; a daughter, Joanna Morrison of Ft. Worth; and numerous uncles, aunts, and cousins. Randy was preceded in death by his father, Muriel R. Morrison, and a sister, Sabrina Kay Morrison. Pallbearers will be Timothy Morrison, John Paul Loyless, Dave Liscomb, Gary Carroll, Russell Marshall, Art Hammer, Dr. Ken Patterson, and Kevin Jenkins. Honorary Pallbearers will be Lowell Lawson, Larry Eastridge, and Phillip Brown.The family requests memorials be made to the Music Excellence Fund at Texas A&M University, c/o Dr. David Scott, P O Box 3011, Commerce, TX 75429