Robert Samuel Morrow, of Snow Camp, North Carolina, passed away quietly in his sleep on May 24, 2022.
Bob was born on May 14, 1930, and was raised in Kingsport, Tennessee. Education and serving others was important to Big Bob. After serving four years in the Air Force, he received his BA in Industrial Arts from East Tennessee State, receiving Driver Ed qualifications at Lenior Rhyne, and a Master’s Degree from North Carolina State. In November 1954, he married Ruth Virginia Waltz. They recently celebrated their sixty-seventh anniversary.
Big Bob taught at many schools before moving to Greensboro, where he served as the Director of Vocational Education for Guilford County until he retired in 1993. At this time he became active in Plainfield Friends Meeting, Quaker Men, Silk Hope Ruritan, North Carolina Friends Disaster Service, and the American Legion. He used this time as an opportunity to travel to disaster areas to rebuild homes and communities, all while keeping up his favorite hobby of gardening.
In addition to his parents, Robert and Lola Vaughn Morrow, he is preceded in death by his daughter, Patricia Lynn Haywood; and grandson, Thomas Andrew Haywood. He is survived by his wife Ruth; son, Edward Morrow, Sr. and wife Ellen; grandchildren, Eddie Morrow (Jennifer), Emily Morrow, John Haywood (Satina), and Sarah Ball (Martin); and eleven great-grandchildren.