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Hudson and his first wife, the former Lucy North (1919-1997), were the parents of a mentally disabled daughter, also named Lucy North Hudson. He became a founding member of both the Shreveport and the Louisiana Association for Retarded Children, and he was a director of the National Association for Retarded Citizens. He was vice chairman of the Louisiana Governor's Commission for Employment of the Handicapped, and was appointed by President Ford to the 24-member President's Committee on Mental Retardation. He delighted in playing [[Santa Claus]] at the White House [[Christmas]] party for handicapped children of the Washington area. He was a founder of the Evergreen [[Presbyterian]] Vocational School north of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and the Evergreen House, the forerunner of what became Providence House in Shreveport. His favorite hobby was [[dancing]].​<ref name=obit>Morley Hudson obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,''  June 16, 2001​.</ref>

Hudson and his first wife, the former Lucy North (1919-1997), were the parents of a mentally disabled daughter, also named Lucy North Hudson (1951-2025).<ref>{{cite wb|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/plou1270988|title=Lucy North Hudson obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 6, 2025}}</ref> He became a founding member of both the Shreveport and the Louisiana Association for Retarded Children, and he was a director of the National Association for Retarded Citizens. He was vice chairman of the Louisiana Governor's Commission for Employment of the Handicapped, and was appointed by President Ford to the 24-member President's Committee on Mental Retardation. He delighted in playing [[Santa Claus]] at the White House [[Christmas]] party for handicapped children of the Washington area. He was a founder of the Evergreen [[Presbyterian]] Vocational School north of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and the Evergreen House, the forerunner of what became Providence House in Shreveport. His favorite hobby was [[dancing]].​<ref name=obit>Morley Hudson obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,''  June 16, 2001​.</ref>

==Death==

==Death==

After his first wife's death, Hudson in 1998, Hudson married the former Catherine Loyd Franks (1919-2012), a Shreveport native, a graduate of Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and Centenary College of Louisiana, and the widow of the Shreveport [[veterinarian]], Robert Dean Franks, Sr., who died in 1987.<ref name=clfhobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=catherine-hudson&pid=158222335|title=Catherine Loyd Franks Hudson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref> ​

After his first wife's death, Hudson in 1998, Hudson married the former Catherine Loyd Franks (1919-2012), a Shreveport native, a graduate of Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and Centenary College of Louisiana, and the widow of the Shreveport [[veterinarian]], Robert Dean Franks, Sr., who died in 1987.<ref name=clfhobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=catherine-hudson&pid=158222335|title=Catherine Loyd Franks Hudson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref> ​

At the time of his death in Shreveport from the effects of a brain tumor, Hudson was residing in Waskom in eastern Harrison County, Texas, just west of the Louisiana border. ​In addition to his parents and two brothers, Hudson was preceded in death by his first wife and a son who died in infancy, Morley Alvin Hudson, Jr., both of whom are interred at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport. In addition to his second wife, Hudson was survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Nancy and Joe Ed Ketner, Courtney Morley Hudson, and grandsons Max, Alex and Nicholas Hudson, all of Shreveport, and Lucy North Hudson of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]; stepchildren, Robert Franks, Jr., and his wife, Vicki, of Shreveport, Susan F. Leake and her husband, Rucker, of St. Francisville, in West Feliciana Parish, north of Baton Rouge,  and Allen C. Franks and his wife, Cathy, of Mena,  [[Arkansas]], and their children and grandchildren.<ref name=clfhobit/>

At the time of his death in Shreveport from the effects of a brain tumor, Hudson was residing in Waskom in eastern Harrison County, Texas, just west of the Louisiana border. ​In addition to his parents and two brothers, Hudson was preceded in death by his first wife and a son who died in infancy, Morley Alvin Hudson, Jr., both of whom are interred at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport. In addition to his second wife, Hudson was survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Nancy and Joe Ed Ketner, Courtney "Coco" Morley Hudson Oden, and grandsons Max, Alex and Nicholas Hudson, all of Shreveport, and Lucy North Hudson of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]; stepchildren, Robert Franks, Jr., and his wife, Vicki, of Shreveport, Susan F. Leake and her husband, Rucker, of St. Francisville, in West Feliciana Parish, north of Baton Rouge,  and Allen C. Franks and his wife, Cathy, of Mena,  [[Arkansas]], and their children and grandchildren.<ref name=clfhobit/>

H​udson's memorial service was held at the First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport, at which he had been an active member. He was [[cremation|cremated]].<ref name=obit/> ​Second wife Catherine Hudson, who was also an active Presbyterian, is interred at Forest Park Cemetery.<ref name=clfhobit/>​

H​udson's memorial service was held at the First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport, at which he had been an active member. He was [[cremation|cremated]].<ref name=obit/> ​Second wife Catherine Hudson, who was also an active Presbyterian, is interred at Forest Park Cemetery.<ref name=clfhobit/>​