Linda Lou Sprankel Morrow

The following obituary was written by the family of Mrs. Linda Morrow: 

Linda Lou Sprankel Morrow, 83, of Double Springs, transitioned from this earthly existence on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at her residence. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Samuel Morrow, a number of months earlier. The extremely close couple was married over 63 years and loved each other and their family with an undying passion. 

Mrs. Morrow was a high school science and sociology teacher at Winston County High School for over 20 years before becoming an active officer with her retired teacher's organization like her husband, Coach Morrow. After beginning her education at Florence State (now the University of North Alabama), she received her Master's of Education degree from the University of Alabama, where she was a lifelong Crimson Tide fan, where her oldest child, Connie Jo, graduated after being in the Million Dollar Band playing trombone four years, as did her grandson, Connor Morrow Carraway, who played tuba. When her youngest child, Robert, followed his talent to becoming a football player on the Mississippi State Bulldog team, she followed suit and became a Mississippi State fan, going to ball games and ringing her cowbell. 

She supported many of her students in their endeavors after school and was always happy to see them excel in many fields, but especially the fields of sports, music and science. Recently, she was extremely proud of her middle grandson, Thomas Morrow, who graduated with honors from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in May, 2024; and his brother, Samuel Morrow, who is also an outstanding student in high school. 

One thing which can be said with confidence about this compassionate, but reserved Southern Belle is that if she loved and cared for you, you knew it! Mrs. Morrow, as a retiree, stayed very active with her civic clubs, church and community. 

Visitation will be on Monday, February 24, 2025, from 12-2 p.m., with her funeral following immediately at Double Springs First Baptist Church. Burial will be at Double Springs Memorial Gardens. Brother Phillip Twilley will officiate.  Nichols Funeral Home will direct.

Linda Morrow is survived by her daughter, Connie Jo Morrow Carraway; son, Robert Thomas Morrow II; grandsons, Connor Morrow Carraway, Thomas J. Morrow and Samuel C. Morrow and many other relatives, friends and students. 

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, who raised her as an only child in Parrish, Alabama, Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Jackson; her traveling nurse mother, Dorothy Jackson Jent, likewise of Parrish, Alabama, in later life and her beloved in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Robert “Bob” Thomas Morrow (Myrtle Philips Morrow) of Cordova.