Gene Allen Morrell

 

Gene Allen Morrell, 75 of Indian Valley, went to be with Jesus on Friday, August 12, 2022. He is preceded in death by his parents, R.W. & Nellie Morrell.

He was a graduate of East Tennessee State University, with Bachelor’s degrees in history and journalism, and a Master’s degree in history. He was a Vietnam War Veteran and served with the 25^th Infantry Division. He retired from the Army Reserve at the rank of Major after 21 years of service. He was the author of “Heroes Among Us: World War II Veterans of Montgomery County and Radford, Virginia.” He was a journalist, with more than 30 years of experience as reporter and editor with the News Messenger and Southwest Times.

He was a devoted Husband, Dad and Gda who loved and continuously spoiled his family.

He is survived by his wife, Mozelle Duncan Morrell; daughter & son-in-law, Angela M. & Rocky Huff; granddaughter, Jana Huff and fiancé, Guy Smith; grandson, Shane Huff, all of Indian Valley; sisters, Mary Morrell and Charlotte M. Roe of Piney Flats, Tennessee; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Brenda D. & Allen Cox of Radford, and Nadean D. Jarels of Christianburg; nieces and nephews, Jackie Ferguson, Tim Roe, Matthew Hensley, Cassie Hensley, Dustin Roe, Melissa Werner, Lynn Reed, Kayla Piediscalzo, and Jameson Jarels.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Rocky Huff and Timmy Dulaney officiating. Interment will follow in the Phillips-Kessler (Indian Creek) Cemetery with Military Rites by the Fort Lee Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.