Obituary of Janet Gail Morrison

JANET GAIL (GUTHERY BURDETT LEE) MORRISON AGED 65, DIED PEACEFULLY ON FEBRUARY 7,2017. AFTER SURVIVING MELANOMA CANCER FOR 5 YEARS, SHE SPENT THE LAST 3 MONTHS AT HER DAUGHTERS HOME AFTER A 5 MONTH HOSPITAL STAY. JANET WAS BORN ON JULY 11,1951 IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK TO JIM GUTHERY AND MARJORIE FOSTER. SHE ATTENDED JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE THEN BEGAN A LIFE LONG CAREER IN ART. SHE DIDN'T JUST FOCUS ON ONE TYPE OF ART, YOU NAME IT, SHE COULD DO IT! HER ART WORK CAN BE FOUND IN MANY HOMES, BUSINESSES, BILLBOARDS, OUTSIDE MURALS JUST TO MENTION A FEW. IF ASKED WHAT SHE LOVED MOST ABOUT BEING AN ARTIST, SHE WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU IT WAS IN HER LAST 8 YEARS OR SO OF HER CAREER BELONGING TO THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL AND WORKING WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ACROSS THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AND TEACHING THEM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THRU THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS AT ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS. MANY OF THEM TOUCHED HER FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. JANET WAS A TENDER HEARTED PERSON, WHO DEEPLY CARED FOR OTHERS. IT WAS HARD TO CATCH HER WITHOUT A SMILE ON HER FACE EVEN WHEN SHE WAS HURTING. SHE WOULD MAKE JOKES AND LAUGH TO GET THRU THE HARD TIMES ESPECIALLY THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY MORE THAN ANYTHING. BEING THE OLDEST OF SIX CHILDREN SHE FELT THE NEED TO BE THE PEACE KEEPER AND "MAMA BEAR". HER SIBLINGS MIGHT SAY SHE WAS A LITTLE BOSSY, AND SHE WOULD AGREE AND SMILE! HER HUSBAND, DAUGHTER, SON IN LAW AND GRANDKIDS WERE HER LIFE. WE ARE THANKFUL GOD GAVE US THE TIME WITH HER IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. SHE WAS ABLE TO ENJOY HER GRANDCHILDREN AND BUILD MEMORIES WITH THEM TO CARRY THEM THRU THE MANY HARD DAYS TO COME. JANET IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CARLOS MORRISON OF OKC, OK, DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW, BRYAN AND LEAH THOMAS, GRANDCHILDREN TANNER, COLE, LILLY AND MILEE THOMAS OF COLLINSVILLE OK, HER MOTHER MARJORIE FOSTER OF EDMOND OK AND FATHER JIM GUTHERY OF OKC OK, SISTER JUDY WHITE AND HUSBAND GARY, BROTHER KENT GUTHERY AND WIFE DEBBIE, BROTHER KRIS GUTHERY AND WIFE LYN, BROTHER CRAIG GUTHERY, SISTER NANCY LATHAM, AS WELL AS MANY NEICES AND NEPHEWS AND EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS.