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MORRIS E. EWING 1895-1978
Picture courtesy of Missouri Lodge of Research Archive
Grand Master, 1947-1948
BIOGRAPHY
Morris Edward Ewing was born at Morrisville, Missouri on March 1, 1895, the son of Rev. Morris Ashby and Rebecca Jane (Hall) Ewing. In the fall of 1906 he entered grand school, having received his preliminary training at home. He attended the Scarritt-Morrisville Academy and the Scarritt-Morrisville College. His older brother being away at college he dropped out of school to take charge of the farm work, but in the Spring of 1915 he entered the University of Missouri, where he remained until the Spring of 1917, when the United States entered World War I. He was the first man drafted from Polk County in June 1917. He was assigned in the organization of Battery a, 342nd Field Artillery, 89th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. He attended the third Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Camp Funston, Kansas. He was transferred to several different locations eventually to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was retained as Fort Sill as an instructor, receiving his commission as Second Lieutenant in the summer of 1918.
After the war, he returned to the University of Missouri in the fall of 1920, completed his work in June 1921 and received the B.S. Degree in Agriculture with the Class of 1923.
Brother Ewing was initiated in Pleasant Lodge No 160, at Morrisville, Missouri, June 27, 1921 and raised August 26, 1921, serving as Master in 1926. He served as DDGM and DDGL in 1928, Grand Junior Steward in 1941 and elected Grand Master in 1947.
He was a member of the York Rite Bodies, the Red Cross of Constantine and held membership in the Fort Leonard Wood Chapter of National Sojourners. He was a member of the Knights York Cross of Honor, Indiana Priory No 8 but in 1942 he became a Charter member of Missouri Priory No 17, serving as the third Prior of that organization.He was a member of Kilwinning Council No 18 Allied Masonic Degrees and the Missouri Lodge of Research.
Masonic Funeral Services were held on July 5, 1978 being conducted by Grand Master James A. Noland Jr.
