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Submitted: 8/1/21 • Approved: 8/1/21 • Last Updated: 8/4/21 • R443227-G443225-S3
James F.
1914-1993
Mary A.
1918-1978
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*Obituary James
AMARILLO - James F. "Jim" Morgan, 79, died Sunday, June 27, 1993 in Amarillo.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Jimmy Gillmore, pastor Riverview Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery be [sic] Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
A native of Winthrop, Ark., he was a Borger resident for 49 years, before moving to Amarillo in 1991. He was a retired welder with DISCO Inc. He was a member of Riverview Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; three sons, Frank Schaffer of Marietta, Ga.; Moody Schaffer of Amarillo; and Anton Schaffer of Paradise, Calif.; two daughters, Alice Heavin of Amarillo; and Peggy Pringle of Bethany, Okla.; four brothers, A.A. Morgan of Athens, Lee Morgan of Georgetown; Clarence Morgan of Odessa; and D.A. Morgan of Stephenville; three sisters, Ruby Walker of Arlington, Emily Johnson of Mount Pleasant, and Martha Smith of Borger; 12 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, June 28, 1993)
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: James Morgan
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1914
Residence: Winthrop, Little River, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Mary Alice La Rue
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Residence: Foreman, Little River, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1935
Marriage License Date: 5 Oct 1935
Marriage County: Sevier
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1986143
Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
Name: James F Morgan
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1914
Age: 65
Marriage Date: 2 Jun 1979
Marriage Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Dorothy N Easterling
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 55
Source: Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Morgan
Death Date: 27 Jun 1993
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: James F. Morgan
Last Residence:
79106 Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
BORN: 6 May 1914
Died: 27 Jun 1993
*Obituary Mary
Mrs. Mary Alice Morgan, 56, died at 6:25 a.m. today at North Plains Hospital of an apparent heart attack.
Services are pending with Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Morgan resided at 1335 Turner. She had been a Borger resident since 1941.
She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and the VFW Auxiliary. Mrs. Morgan was born in Hooks, March 24, 1918.
Surviving are her husband, James F.; two daughters, Mrs. Alice Lee Heavin of Amarillo and Mrs. Peggy Pringle of Oklahoma City, Okla.; three brothers, Elton LaRue of Drury, Mo., Willis LaRue of Ida, La., and Arnold LaRue of Borger; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Brown, of Borger and Mrs. Betty Sue Moore of Little Rock, Ark. and five grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, May 24, 1978)
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