Reid Rufus Morrison was born on January 2, 1883, in Iredell County, North Carolina. Morrison served as a captain in the 113th Field Artillery during World War I. He was deployed overseas from May 1918 to March 1919 and saw combat at St. Mihiel, the Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine. He received an honorably discharge on March 28, 1919. Morrison died in Statesville (Iredell County) on July 21, 1945.