Betty Jo Morgan's Obituary
Betty Jo “G.G.” Morgan, 89, of Hedley, passed away on Sunday, May 5th, 2019.
Services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, May 7, 2019 in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Rev. Anthony Knowles, officiating. Burial will follow in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Betty was born December 2, 1929 in Hall County, Texas, to Benjamin Leslie and Myrtle Mae Spear. She attended school at Lakeview and Hedley. On July 29, 1947, she married Homer Lee “Sam” Morgan in Hedley.
Betty began working for the U.S. Postal Service in 1962 and was later appointed Postmaster of the Hedley Post Office in 1977. She was a member of the Hedley Lioness Club and the First Baptist Church. Betty enjoyed reading, gardening and going out to supper with her friends and family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Morgan; a son, Danny Morgan; a brother, Benny Spear; and a sister, Peggy Stevens.
Survivors include her daughter, Rhonda Ann Shaw and husband Randy of Hedley; a sister, Erma Jean Bailey of Slaton, Texas; a granddaughter, La Rae Alexander and husband Justin of Hedley; a grandson, Ben Shaw of Amarillo, Texas; two great-granddaughters, Bryn and Blair Alexander, both of Hedley; a brother-in-law, Julius Stevens of Tulia, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the staff at the Memphis Convalescent Center and Kindred Hospice. The family suggests memorials be to Rowe Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 213, Hedley, TX 79237 or the Hedley Fire Department, P.O. Box 185, Hedley, Texas 79237.
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