TITLE:  Byron Rhodes Morse

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 26, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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MORSE, Byron
Byron Rhodes Morse, age 84, a resident of Bishop Gadsden, died on July 
25, 2001. Mr. Morse was born February 23, 1917, in Blytheville, Ark. 
Prior to his arrival in Charleston in 1999 with his wife, Josephine 
Tucker Morse, Mr. Morse had a long and distinguished career in real 
estate and engaged in numerous civic activities in Little Rock, Ark. 
He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas and a member and 
president of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was a founder and 
chairman of the Rector Phillips Morse real estate firm, the largest 
full service real estate firm in Arkansas. In 1983, he was elected 
national president of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. 
Mr. Morse served as Mayor of the City of Little Rock and was elected 
to two terms on the Little Rock City Board of Directors. He served as 
president of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Little Rock 
United Way, the Little Rock Red Cross, and was a member of the Board 
of Directors of the Little Rock Boy's Club. He was a member of the 
Fifty for the Future, a select group of leaders in the greater Little 
Rock area. He was a member and former president of the Little Rock 
Country Club and former president of the Board of Trustees of the 
Epworth Assembly in Ludington, Mich. He was a member of St. Mark's 
Episcopal Church in Little Rock and a former vestryman. Mr. Morse is 
survived by his wife; a daughter, Melinda M. Laurens of Charleston, 
S.C.; a son, John Tucker Morse of Charleston, S.C.; a brother, Dr. 
William H. Morse of Memphis, Tenn.; and four grandchildren. Funeral 
services will be held at 4 p.m., on Friday, July 27, 2001, at St. 
Mark's Church in Little Rock, Ark. A memorial service will be held on 
Friday, August 10, 2001, at St. James Episcopal Church in Charleston, 
at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bishop Gadsden,
1 Gadsden Way, Charleston, S.C. 29412. ARRANGEMENTS BY J. HENRY STUHR, 
INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.  (The Post and Courier July  26, 2001)
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