Sharon Ireland - Jan 4, 2010
Dorothy,
I was sorry to hear about Margery. I know she will be missed by all. I went to the newspaper in Lenoir City, TN at News-Herald.net where they have a photo and the obit. As you can see from the obit below Margery was loved by all. I feel like she had so many good friends and family that she lived a full life and you were lucky to be part of her life and her part of yours.
Margery Helen Ray Morgan, 82, of Lenoir City, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, in Vancouver, Wash. while visiting her daughter and grandson for Christmas. She died peacefully while her daughter held her hand.
Margery was born and raised in Oneida, Tenn., and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 30 years, where she was very active in the Hatmaker Church of God and in the schools her children attended. She and her husband moved to Lenoir City in 1984 to be close to their son and daughter-in-law. Margery was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a born-again Christian who prayed constantly for her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years, Gillis Lee Morgan, Sr. whom she married on Easter Sunday, April 25, 1943; her parents, Milas and Mary Young Ray; her brothers, Steve Ray and Donald Ray; her sisters, Myrtle Ray and Willie Ray; and by her nephews, Ralph Smith and Kenneth Ray.
She is survived by her daughters, Karen (Joe) Papania of Cincinnati, Ohio and Judy (John) Mattus of Vancouver, Wash.; her son, Gillis (Joyce) Morgan of Lenoir City; her grandchildren, Joe (Martha) Papania of Cincinnati, Ohio, Krista (Brad) Phillips of Lewisville, Texas, and Bill (Crystal) Lambert of Vancouver, Wash.; her great-grandchildren, Christopher and Joshua Papania, and Collin and Erin Phillips; her nephew, Harold David (Marilyn) Ray of Yuba City, Calif.; her special friend and cousin, Margaret Ellis of Elgin, Tenn. who she loved dearly; her cousins, Dorothy Campbell of Camby, Ind. with whom she shared a love of family genealogy, Jessie Young of Norfolk, Va. and Kathleen Fulwiler of Glenmary, Tenn.; her special friends, Don and Virginia Miller and Rachel Miller Price; and a host of people who called her "friend."
A special thanks to Dr. Ramani Reddy and Dr. Robert Martyn for their many years of care and kindness to our mother.
The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at Click Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 7 p.m with Mr. Kent Bailey officiating. Family and friends will gather at the funeral home by 11 a.m. Saturday and proceed to the Hazel Valley Memorial Cemetery in Oneida, Tenn. for graveside services at 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity Margery had a big heart for, The Mission of Hope, P. O. Box 51824, Knoxville, TN 37950.
Click Funeral Home of Lenoir City is in charge of arrangements. www.clickfuneralhome.com.