Della Beatrice Nanny Morgan, was a homemaker and retail worker, who retired from J. C. Penney in 1979 to travel with her retired husband. Born January 24, 1917 in Mexia, TX, Mrs. Morgan also lived with family in Kilgore during the oil boom. She was a good student and won the American Legion Award medal while in school. She lived in Sweetwater, Texas until moving to Port Arthur in 1954. She was active in American Legion as Ladies Auxiliary President in Sweetwater. She was a member of Lamar St. Baptist Church in Sweetwater where she offered service teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. In Port Arthur she and her family remained active in First Baptist Church of Port Arthur, where Mrs. Morgan continued teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School for various age groups. She also was active in the Sweetwater Club with activities for those who transferred from Sweetwater, TX to Port Arthur to the then named Gulf refinery, where husbands were transferred. Her family moved to Nederland in 1958 where Mrs. Morgan became a member of First Baptist Church in Nederland and taught adult ladies Sunday School for years before retirement. She was always active in PTA and was the first historian of PTA when Hillcrest Elementary School was opened. Mrs. Morgan was an excellent cook and seamstress, who did needlepoint and crochet, but her cooking is most remembered.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Charlie E. Morgan of Nederland; daughter, Susan Gail Morgan Streetman, son-in-law, Charles R. Streetman; and daughter-in-law, Betty Jo Morgan all of Nederland. Other survivors include grandchildren, Charles Michael Morgan and wife Chanda, of Ft. Bragg, California, Jeffrey Frank Hinton of Waleska, Georgia, Brandianne Hinton of Beaumont; Steven Scott Morgan and wife Connie of Nederland, and James Patrick Morgan of San Diego, California.
Other survivors include one brother, Lloyd M. Nanny and wife, Donna, of Fort Worth; brother-in-law, Robert and wife Marji Morgan of Leucadia, California and sister-in-law, Ruth Nanny; great grandchildren include, Hayley Dyann Hinton of Phoenix, AZ, Sydney and Michael Morgan of Fort Bragg, Cymber Chapman-Morgan and Gage Morgan of Nederland. Also surviving are a host of loving nieces and nephews, friends and beloved caretaker, Helen Jones.
Children predeceasing Mrs. Morgan include stillborn daughter, Janice Marie Morgan, John Patrick Morgan, and Michael Charles Morgan. Mrs. Morgan was also predeceased by parents, Arthur D. and Martha Exora Nanny; sisters, Evelyn Jane Buchanan and Patricia Ann Young of Midland, and a brother, Arthur D. Nanny, Jr. of Big Spring, Texas.
A gathering of family and friends will be from 5-8 pm Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at Broussard’s, 505 12th Street, Nederland. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at Broussard’s Nederland Chapel with Dr. David Higgs officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens in Nederland.
Pallbearers will be grandchildren, Charles Michael Morgan, Steven Scott Morgan, Jeffrey Frank Hinton, Brandianne Hinton, Frank R. Hinton, III and Charles R. Streetman
For those desiring, memorial contributions may be directed to First Baptist Church, 1911 Nederland Avenue, Nederland, TX 77627.
