Diane Elizabeth (Ludy) Morley

Diane Elizabeth (Ludy) Morley died peacefully in her home in Memphis on March 20, 2018. She was 66 years old. Diane attended high school in Conway, Ark. She graduated with honors from Memphis College of Art in 1982. Diane was deeply devoted to her daughter and dedicated to her professional career as an artist. She loved all of nature and enjoyed camping and being outdoors. She liked to travel, spending considerable time in Europe and Costa Rica. She also went on a nine-month safari in Kenya. Her travels to Kenya and Costa Rica inspired much of her art. One of her paintings was selected in 1996 to be honored at the President's inauguration and that painting hung in the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. All who knew Diane recognized that she possessed a truly remarkable empathy and kindness towards all people. Everyone was amazed by her shining and unwavering spirit of kindness. Diane was preceded in death by her parents Albert Ludy and Isa Ludy of Center Ridge, Ark. She is survived by her daughter Amanda Morley, husband Bill Morley, and her sister Candia Ludy. Diane will be buried in Halbrook Cemetery near her parents farm in Center Ridge. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Memphis College of Art or Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.