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Rev William Riley Morgan Sr.

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Rev William Riley Morgan Sr.

Birth
Death
24 May 1954 (aged 74)
Millwood, Ware County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Millwood, Ware County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Husband of 1) Lilla "Lillie" C. Bennett married 21 Jan 1900 2) Rhoda Taft; father of David Miller, Hester Ann (Bullard), Clifton, William "Willie" Riley, Lilla Gladys (McDaniel), and Ada Mae (Taft).

OBITUARY
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) –Tuesday, May 25, 1954, page 12.

REV. W. M. MORGAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH
The Rev. William Riley Morgan, 78, retired minister of the Congregational Methodist Church died yesterday afternoon at his residence on Route One, Millwood.

The Rev. Mr. Morgan was a minister of the Congregational Methodist Church for 40 years.

At the time of his death he was a member of the Hargraves Chapel. He was a native of Ware county.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Rhoda Taft; one son, Miller Morgan, Route One, Millwood; three daughters, Mrs. Ada Mae Davis, and Mrs. Lester McDaniel, both of Millwood, and Mrs. Willie Bullard, Manor; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Mincy Funeral Home.

FUNERAL NOTICE
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) – Friday, May 28, 1954, page 12.

Funeral services for the Rev. William Riley Morgan were held yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at Hargraves Chapel near Millwood, with the Rev, C. V. Bailey, the Rev. R. W. Barnard and Rev. A. J. Cason officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery.

The Rev. Mr. Morgan died Monday at his residence on Route One, Millwood. He was a retired minister of the Congregational Methodist Church. He was a native of Ware County and a member of the Hargraves Chapel.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Rhoda Taft; one son, Miller Morgan, Route One, Millwood; three daughters, Mrs. Ada Mae Davis and Mrs. Lester McDaniel, both of Millwood and Mrs. Willie Bullard, Manor; two brothers, Mike Ryans, Waycross, and John Ryans, Manor; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Emmett Thomas, J. M. Ryan, Lorain Arnold, Jesse Walden, Willard Bennett and J. A. Arnold.
Mincy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Georgia Death Index
Name: William R Morgan
Death Date: 24 May 1954
County of Death: Ware
Gender: M Race: W
Age: 76 years
County of Residence: Ware
Certificate: 14188
Husband of 1) Lilla "Lillie" C. Bennett married 21 Jan 1900 2) Rhoda Taft; father of David Miller, Hester Ann (Bullard), Clifton, William "Willie" Riley, Lilla Gladys (McDaniel), and Ada Mae (Taft).

OBITUARY
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) –Tuesday, May 25, 1954, page 12.

REV. W. M. MORGAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH
The Rev. William Riley Morgan, 78, retired minister of the Congregational Methodist Church died yesterday afternoon at his residence on Route One, Millwood.

The Rev. Mr. Morgan was a minister of the Congregational Methodist Church for 40 years.

At the time of his death he was a member of the Hargraves Chapel. He was a native of Ware county.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Rhoda Taft; one son, Miller Morgan, Route One, Millwood; three daughters, Mrs. Ada Mae Davis, and Mrs. Lester McDaniel, both of Millwood, and Mrs. Willie Bullard, Manor; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Mincy Funeral Home.

FUNERAL NOTICE
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) – Friday, May 28, 1954, page 12.

Funeral services for the Rev. William Riley Morgan were held yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at Hargraves Chapel near Millwood, with the Rev, C. V. Bailey, the Rev. R. W. Barnard and Rev. A. J. Cason officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery.

The Rev. Mr. Morgan died Monday at his residence on Route One, Millwood. He was a retired minister of the Congregational Methodist Church. He was a native of Ware County and a member of the Hargraves Chapel.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Rhoda Taft; one son, Miller Morgan, Route One, Millwood; three daughters, Mrs. Ada Mae Davis and Mrs. Lester McDaniel, both of Millwood and Mrs. Willie Bullard, Manor; two brothers, Mike Ryans, Waycross, and John Ryans, Manor; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Emmett Thomas, J. M. Ryan, Lorain Arnold, Jesse Walden, Willard Bennett and J. A. Arnold.
Mincy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Georgia Death Index
Name: William R Morgan
Death Date: 24 May 1954
County of Death: Ware
Gender: M Race: W
Age: 76 years
County of Residence: Ware
Certificate: 14188

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