Background
Hassell, Morris William was born on August 9, 1916 in Jacksonville, Texas, United States. Son of Alonzo Seldon and Cora Lee (Rainey) Hassell.
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Morris William Hassell
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Associate of Arts, Lon Morris College, 1936. Juris Doctor, University Texas, Austin, 1942.
Career
Bar: Texas 1941, United States District Court 1948, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1973. County attorney Cherokee County, Texas, 1943-1947. Member Norman Hassell Spiers & Thrall of Rusk and Jacksonville, Texas, 1948-1978.
Senior judge 2d Judicial District Texas, since 1978.
Chairman of the Board Swift Oil Corporation, 1964-1977, H & I Oil Corporation, 1968-1977. Director First State Bank, Rusk, Texas, 1959-1978.
Mayor, City of Rusk, Texas, 1959-1963, 73-78. Trustee Rusk Indiana School District, 1967-1973.
Chairman of the board of trustees, chairman of the executive committee Lon Morris College, Jacksonville.
Chairman of the board of trustees Texas conference United Methodist Church. Vicechairman of the board of trustees Lakeview Methodist Assembly. Trustee Texas annual conference United Methodist Foundation.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman board trustees & chairman, executive committee Lon Morris College, Jacksonville. Mayor Rusk, 1959—1963, 1973—1978. Trustee Rusk Indiana School District, 1967—1973.
Chairman, board trustees Texas Conference United Methodist Church. Vice-chairman, board trustees Lakeview Methodist Assembly. Trustee Texas Annual Conference United Methodist Foundation.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: American Bar Association, State Bar Texas, Odd Fellow Lodge, Masons Lodge, Kiwanis Lodge (lieutenant governor 1964).
Connections
Married Mauriete Watson, September 3, 1944. Children: Morris William, Charles Robert.
Education
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1936
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1942
Career
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1943 - 1947
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1948 - 1978
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1978