Mildred L. Morgan age 90, Collierville, TN formerly of Tulsa, OK, passed away May 18, 2014, following a brief illness.
She was born November 9, 1923 in Gibbon, OK, to Floyd Hermon and Fairy Morgan Bledsoe. She married Lewis A. Morgan on November 27, 1946 in Wichita, KS. Mildred was a loving and creative full-time mother and homemaker to her husband and their three children. The family resided in Joplin, MO until the late 1950’s when Mr. Morgan was transferred to Memphis, TN by his profession. They remained in Memphis until 1971 when he was again transferred, this time to Tulsa, OK. The couple resided in Tulsa until Mr. Morgan’s death on July 8, 2004. After his death she moved to Collierville, TN to be near to her children. Throughout their lives, Mildred & Lewis were devout members of the United Methodist Church, their most recent membership being Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Tulsa, OK.
Mildred is survived by one son, Joe Morgan and wife Nelda of Union City, TN, two daughters, Denise Holliday and husband Steve of Collierville, TN, and Jana Blackwelder and husband Keith of Hernando, MS, six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and her only sibling, a brother, Floyd Dale Bledsoe.
Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 23, 2014 at the Osborne Cemetery with Reverend Jarel Burnside Officiating. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Tulsa, OK.
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