Emma Lou Roberts McMorris passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in Denham Springs, La., at the age of 81.

She was a member of Colyell Baptist Church.

Visitation will be tonight at Colyell Baptist Church from 5 until 9. Visitation will resume on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, from 9 a.m. until funeral services at 11 a.m., conducted by the Revs. Bill Holifield, Bill Pianki and Delmas Taylor. Burial will follow in Blount Cemetery, Satsuma, La.

She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Ronald Wayne McMorris Sr. and Mary Lou Goings McMorris and Jerry Lynn McMorris and Gina Byrd McMorris; six grandchildren, Angelia McMorris Cornett and Shane Cornett, Dr. Ronald Wayne McMorris II, Jodie McMorris Knight and Richard Knight, Bradley Wayne McMorris, Becky McMorris and April McMorris; four great-grandsons, Blake Cornett, Austin Cornett, Carson Knight and Presley McMorris; brothers, Carlton and Kenneth Roberts; and a stepbrother, James Keller Jr.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 1/2 years, the Rev. Lafayette George “L.G.” McMorris; son, Michael Ray “Mike” McMorris; mother, Nettie Kennard Roberts; father, Truman Roberts; sister, Betty Scarbrough; half-sister, Helen Rhodes; and stepmother, Martha Ware Roberts.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Ron and Brad McMorris, grandsons-in-law, Shane Cornett and Richard Knight and great-grandsons, Blake and Austin Cornett.

Honorary pallbearers will be her great-grandsons, Carson Knight and Presley McMorris.

Services performed under the direction of Seale Funeral Service, Livingston, La.