[Qcwa] Re: QCWA Digest, Vol 4, Issue 6

[SittingBullsUncle]

Jerry Morris W5KUF SK

July 30th Jerry passed from a long respiratory illness.  He was active
and continously on the air for over forty years, since the early 1960's
in Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi and Portland on the central Texas coast. 
Jerry enjoyed handling all kinds of message traffic with several net
systems, including over the years, the 7290 Traffic Net, the South Texas
Emergency Net [S.T.E.N.] and the Ten10 Net, ARES and local RACES.

One of Jerry's big contributions was in providing decades of phone
patches for military personnel and their families through the MARS
system.  Always generous with his supportive time to the amateur
community, he served as ARRL a section volunteer for many years as Area
Emergency Coordinator and as a very proficient Official Observer with
the FCC Amateur Auxiliary.  

He also served as president of the Corpus Christi Amateur Radio Club
[CCARC]for about five years and established the monthly swap fest and
several continuing education workshops.  Jerry provided quiet and
effective behind-the-scenes leadership for the amateur radio community
on a person to person basis and through several radio clubs in the
area.  Jerry was a member of the ARRL and was active in not only CCARC
but also the South Texas Chapter of the QCWA in the past.  

His station was on the air before, during and after every major
hurricane on the Texas coast since 1960, providing support for both
government agencies needs and area citizens with health and welfare
traffic. His non political and no nonsense but friendly style will be
missed by both aspirant radio amateurs and old timers alike.  

de k5sbu 73