Obituaries:  Ms. Shirley Ann Hays Morgan, Sabine Parish       M-625
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 21, 1999
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Ms. Shirley Ann Hays Morgan

  Ms. Shirley Ann Hays Morgan died Tuesday, April 13, 1999, at
2:10 p.m., at her home in Baton Rouge, after a brief illness.

  A memorial service was held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 17,
at Rabenhorst Funeral Home.

  Ms. Morgan was born in Many on July 16, 1935, and was a 1953
graduate of Many High. Ms. Morgan received her Bachelor of
Science in Nursing from Northwestern State College in
Natchitoches in 1957, at which time she was given the Outstanding
Student Nurse Award. She earned the degree of Master of Science
in nursing at the University of Maryland in 1959. During her
career, spanning more than 40 years, she practiced nursing in
several facilities in the state, including Charity Hospital, and
Confederate Hospital in Shreveport, Baton Rouge General Medical
Center, Earl K. Long Memorial, and the former Medical Center of
Baton Rouge, each in Baton Rouge. Also during her career, she
taught nursing at the Baton Rouge campus of Northwestern State
University, Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, and the
University of Southwestern in Lafayette. Prior to her illness,
she was employed by Hospice of Baton Rouge, as an admittance
nurse.

  Survivors include her son, daughter-in-law, and two
granddaughters, Alan, Eva, Suzanne, and Mary Kathryn Morgan, all
of Broussard; a sister and brother-in-law, Polly and Bill Edwards
of Dunnellon, Fla.; two nephews; four nieces; and a host of
family and friends. Ms. Morgan was preceded in death by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hays of Many, and a half brother,
Calvin A. Hays of Lake Charles.

  The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations
be made in honor to Hospice Foundation of Baton Rouge, 8322 One
Calais Avenue, Ste A., Baton Rouge, La. 70809-3412.