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• United States Obituary Collection
  Rogers Maurice Morgan
  Birth Date 31 Mar 1933
  Age at Death 75
  Obituary Date 4 Aug 2008
  Newspaper The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, OK, US
  
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  The Daily Ardmoreite
  Posted Aug 01, 2008  09:27 AM
  
  Wilson, OK - Services for Rogers Maurice Morgan, 75, of Simon, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Buddy Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in Morgan Rest Cemetery under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home.
  
  Born March 31, 1933, in Cheek, to Erskin Davenport and Clara Shaw Morgan, he departed this life Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Brenda Smith.
  
  He was raised in Simon, attending school there and in Orr, and later attended high school at Meadowbrook. At Meadowbrook he was an All State Basketball Player and was part of the team that won the State Basketball State Championships his junior and senior years.  He first attended college at Cameron Junior College in Lawton and later won a basketball scholarship at Midwestern in Wichita Falls, Texas. He was a member of the team for four years and received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He later received his Masters degree from East Texas State in Commerce, Texas. Adding to his achievements, he played one year of semi-pro basketball.
  
  He married Katherine F. Jackson, July 18, 1953, in Ardmore. They had recently celebrated 55 years of marriage together, and as Rogers would say, 55 years of marriage to my “Wonder Woman”.
  
  He was a teacher and a coach of the Boys and Girls High School Basketball Teams in Antelope, Texas for two years. He was also a High School Basketball Coach in Lockett, Texas for three years before serving as the principal at Lockett Grade School for eight years. He also taught and coached in Ryan for two years before moving to Vernon, Texas in 1969. There he coached the High School Boys Basketball Team for two years, served as Vice Principal at the Intermediate School and Principal at Shive Elementary for 20 years. He returned to Simon to live at his family’s farm in 1995 where he loved to farm and loved his cattle. He spent hours in the pasture tending to the farm and cattle.
  
  He also loved finding time to fish. He had a very devout love for his family and students. He was always outgoing and loved visiting with his family, friends and even strangers. He was a very kind and generous man with a terrific sense of humor and loved everyone he knew.
  
  Survivors include his loving wife, “Kat”, of the home; two sons, Ricky Lynn Morgan and wife, Beverly, Allen, Texas; and Michael Glenn Morgan and wife, Jenny, Spring, Texas; grandchildren, John-Henry, Mary Glenn, Emily Clair and Jed Avery; sisters, Patricia Hall and husband, Cal, Maysville, Ky.; and Carolyn Martin, Mexia, Texas; brother, Jerry Dwayne Morgan and wife, Barbara, Ardmore; special nephew, James Caldwell, Houghton, La.; good friend and fishing buddy, J.B. Jansa, Vernon, Texas; numerous nieces, nephews and countless friends.
  
  Bearers will be Terral Tucker, Walter Gerald Frank, J.B. Jansa, Charles Davenport, Larry Davenport, Herbert Downes, Greg Whatley and Jeff Whatley. Honorary Bearers will be Bobby Hodges, Steve Jansa, Larry Wilson, Butch Tucker, Steve Tucker, T.J. Tucker, Bobby Tucker, Clyde Nipp, Nelson Warden, Don Lamb, Johnny Haseloff, Wilbert Sanders and all former students and faculty.
  
  Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. tonight in the funeral home.
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Sources

• 1. Obituary of Rogers Maurice Morgan, Alexander Funeral Home, Wilson, Oklahoma, 01 Aug 2008
• 2. United States Obituary Collection
• 3. Obituary of Rogers Maurice Morgan, The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Oklahoma, 01 Aug 2008
• 4. Kati Jackson, 13 February 2012, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins