Cornelius Johnson Morbley

ON JULY 1st. , 2021, AT INFINITY HOSPICE CARE, GOD SENT HIS ANGELS TO PEACEFULLY ESCORT MY HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND GREAT GRANDFATHER TO HEAVEN.

CORNELIUS JOHNSON MORBLEY, BEST KNOWN AS NEAL, WAS BORN ON JANUARY 29, 1939 IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, TO HIS LATE PARENTS, JAMES AND MILDRED MORBLEY. CORNELIUS ATTENDED DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND DANCED IN THEATER SHOWS.

CORNELIUS ENLISTED IN THE U. S. MARINE CORPS IN 1956 AND WAS DISCHARGED IN 1960.

AFTER SERVING HIS COUNTRY, HE WENT TO WORK FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN MANAWAH, NJ. CORNELIUS LEFT FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO TAKE ON NEW CHALLENGES, AND STARTED AS A PORTER AT THE NEW YORK TIMES WHERE HE MOVED UP THE LADDER. CORNELIUS ALSO WORKED PART TIME IN SECURITY FOR F. W. WOOLWORTH. CORNELIUS AND ERMA MET AT WOOLWORTH AND THEY JOINED IN HOLY WEDLOCK ON FEBRUARY 28,1970. THEY MOVED TO NEW JERSEY.

CORNELIUS CONTINUED TO MAKE PROGRESS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES AND RAISED TWO DAUGHTERS. IN SEPTEMBER 1989, A DIRECTOR'S AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO HIM FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT.

IN 2003, CORNELIUS AND ERMA RETIRED AND MOVED TO LAS VEGAS, NV. NEAL AND ERMA BECAME ACTIVE MEMBERS OF DESERT SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, THE SOUTHERN NEVADA CHAPTER, 9th AND 10th HORSE CAVALRY, BUFFALO SOLDIERS ASSOCIATION, AND THE SENIOR TRIPSTERS.

CORNELIUS AND ERMA ENJOYED TRAVELING. HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT CRUISES. NEAL AND ERMA HAD A BLESSED AND WONDERFUL LIFE TOGETHER.

CORNELIUS DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT INFINITY HOSPICE CARE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY. CORNELIUS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 51 YEARS, ERMA, ONE SISTER KATHERINE JENKINS (WILLIAM JENKINS) OF VIRGINIA, TWO . DAUGHTERS LANI KAI MORBLEY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NIETTA WYNN (DONELLE WYNN) OF NEW JERSEY, ONE SON ROBERT WALLACE (TANYA WALLACE) OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 7 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AS WELL AS A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.