Mary I. Loving Morgan

© Marietta Monitor

January 10, 2003, page 4

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Mary I. Loving Morgan, 89, of Simon, were held at 11 a.m., Friday, January 3, in the Alexander Funeral Home Chapel in Wilson, with Charles Ivie and Gary Labeth officiating.

Mrs. Morgan was born June 9, 1913, in Orr, the daughter of Albert F. and Nora J. Cavins Loving. She died December 31, 2002, in Ardmore.

Mrs. Morgan grew up at Orr, Oswalt and Simon where she attended school at Simon and Oswalt. She and W.B. "Jimmy" Morgan were united in marriage on November 2, 1929, at Orr, and they had made their home at Simon for many years. He preceded her in death May 29, 1998, after 68 1/2 years of marriage. Mrs. Morgan had been employed at the Marietta Pants Factory from 1963 until her retirement in 1983. She was a member of the Eastman Baptist Church and was a homemaker.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Glenn and Paula Morgan of Fort Worth, Texas, and Finley and Sharon Morgan of Simon; six daughters and sons-in-law, Jessie Mae McGill of Cleveland, Texas, Winnie Hood of Fort Worth, Jo Ella and Robert Thompson of Falconhead, Polly and Jerry Colburn of Fort Worth, Jill and Robert Anderson of Hurst, Texas, and Mary Ellen and Tim Johnston of Jimtown; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grand-children; two sisters, Viola Williams and Irene Chitwood; and a number of other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Morgan was also preceded in death by a daughter, Jean Morgan on February 8, 1936; her parents; two brothers, Olen and Owen "Pete" Loving; a sister, Nora Lee Black; and a son-in-law, Marvin Hood.

Pallbearers were her grandchildren.

Interment was in the Morgan Rest Family Cemetery, Simon, under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home, Wilson.