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==Background==

Morris is a native of [[Arkansas]], where his father was a deputy sheriff and his mother worked in a factory.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.repjimmorris.org/aboutjimmorris.html|title=Jim Morris for State Representative --Biography|accessdate=July 14, 2009}}</ref> He graduated in 1972 from Smackover High School in Smackover in Union County  near El Dorado. In 1976, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in professional education from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. For his entire working career, Morris has been involved not in education but in the [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] business.<ref name=lahouse>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref>

Morris and his wife, Kellie, a native of Vivian in Caddo Parish, have two daughters. Mrs. Morris is the tourist information representative and events coordinator at the Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum in Oil City.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.repjimmorris.org/familylife.html|title=Jim Morris for State Representative --Family life|accessdate=July 14, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>