Harry Marshall Morgan, age 82, of Nederland, passed away July 18, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Mr. Morgan was born January 21, 1924 in Crowley, LA and had been a resident of the mid-county area since 1946. He was a retired Plumbing Contractor, working many years with Nederland Plumbing and then Morgan Service & Repair Co. He was a WW II Veteran of the Army Air Corps during the European Theater of War having served in England and the Normandy Invasion of France and also Belgium and on into Germany. He attended Lamar College where he received a degree as a Journeyman Plumber and later a Master Plumber. Mr. Morgan was a member of the Hillcrest Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Ella Mae Morgan of Nederland; a daughter, Donna Hartt and husband, John of Toledo Bend; a brother, Robert R. Morgan and a sister, Lillian Blackburn both of Crowley, LA; a daughter-in-law, Celia Fabra. Also surviving are five grandchildren, Mike Hartt and wife, Vicky, Shane Hartt and wife, Pam, Brad Morgan and wife, Amy, Stacie Shaw and husband, Erik, Kellie Meaux and husband, Wendell; along with twelve great grandchildren, Jonathon, Melanie and Colton Hartt, Shayna and Drake Hartt, Jessica and Jared Morgan, Michael, Morgan and Mackenzie Shaw, Cody and Courtney Meaux.
Mr. Morgan was preceded in death by his two sons, Mickey Morgan and Kim Morgan.
A gathering of family and friends will be from 5-8 PM Thursday, July 20, 2006 at Broussard’s Mortuary 505 12th. St. in Nederland. Funeral services will be 3:00 PM Friday, July 21, 2006 at Broussard’s Nederland Chapel with Reverend Elvin Gibson, Reverend Jim Johnson and Reverend Bryan Alvis officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County in Nederland.
For those desiring, memorial contributions may be directed to the Hillcrest Baptist Church Building Fund or the Scholarship Fund of the Faith Alive Sunday School class at Hillcrest, 3324 Park Dr. Nederland, TX 77627
Pallbearers will be grandsons and grandsons-in-law, Mike Hartt, Shane Hartt, Brad Morgan, Wendell Meaux, Erik Shaw and great grandson, Jonathon Hartt. Honorary pallbearers will be great grandsons, Colton Hartt, Drake Hartt, Jared Morgan, Cody Meaux, Michael Shaw and also members of the Nederland Dairy Queen Coffee Club.
