Background
Morris was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Elias Morris and Mary Lois Walker.
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George Quayle Morris
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Morris was called on a mission to Great Britain in 1899, and served there until 1902. He was set apart as a president in the Second Quorum of Seventy August 19, 1904. He served as president of the Eastern States Mission from 1948 to 1951.
Morris married Emma Ramsey (1878–1964) on June 29, 1905.
They had three daughters: Marian, Margery, and Helen. From 1935 to 1937, Morris was the First Assistant to Albert East. Bowen, the Superintendent of the Young Men"s Mutual Improvement Association (YMMIA).
Morris held this position until 1948, when he was succeeded by Elbert R. Curtis. He was selected and ordained by church president David O. McKay.
Morris replacing Matthew Cowley in the Quorum, who had died the previous December.
Morris died on April 23, 1962, aged 88, in Salt Lake City. He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. His vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve was filled by North. Eldon Tanner.
Membership
George Teasdale, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, ordained George Q. Morris a Seventy on September 13, 1899. In 1937, when Bowen became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Morris succeeded him as YMMIA Superintendent. Morris was ordained an apostle and became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 8, 1954, aged 80.
Morris was the oldest person in church history to become an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve.
