Overview
Naomi Elizabeth Morris (1921–1986) was a North Carolina jurist who served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 1967 through 1982. She was Chief Judge of that court from 1978 through 1982, the second woman to hold that post.
History
Naomi Morris was born on 1 December 1921 in Spring Hope, North Carolina to Edward Eugene and Blanche Beatrix Boyce Morris.
During World War II, Morris worked for the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Washington, D.C. She had previously worked as a secretary in a law firm.
Morris graduated from Atlantic Christian College (today Barton College) and the University of North Carolina School of Law where she was fourth in her class. In 1987, the Judge Naomi E. Morris Memorial Scholarship was established at the UNC School of Law.
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