He was born in Chester County, the son of the late Carl and Junelle Lott Morris. He was married to Ailene Haney in 1965. He worked most of his life as a painter. He worked at Conalco for a number of years and had been employed in the maintenance department at Lambuth University in Jackson for the past ten years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bemis.
He is survived by his wife, Ailene Haney Morris of Jackson; a daughter, Monica Goodman and her husband Andy of Medon and a son, Charles "Chuck" Robert Morris, Jr. of Jackson; and three grandchildren, Charles Samuel Morris, Robert Andrew Goodman and Maxwell James Morris.