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Morgan, Warren Harold

ELK CITY, Okla. - Warren Harold Morgan, 79, of Amarillo, Texas, died
Friday, Aug. 6, 2004.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Martin Funeral Home Chapel with the
Rev. Gary Haire officiating. Burial will be in Trail Cemetery near Leedey.

Mr. Morgan was born Aug. 1, 1925, in Moorewood, Okla., to Joseph Calvin
and Clara Smith Morgan. He graduated from Leedey High School and entered
the Army Air Corps aviation cadet program. He received his pilot's wings
and was commissioned a second lieutenant at Lubbock Air Force Base in
December of 1944. He served the remainder of his active duty as a B-24
bomber pilot.

Following active duty, he served 30 years in the Air Force Reserve and
retired as a lieutenant colonel. He married Juanita Beth Jones on October
20, 1946, in Oklahoma City and moved to Amarillo in 1951. He worked 40
years with Santa Fe Railroad as a train dispatcher, retiring in 1985.

For many years he was active in a variety of positions with Boy Scout
Troop 80, Cub Scout Pack 80 and the Kwahadi Indian Dancers. He received
the Silver Beaver Award in 1985.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 54 years; two
sisters, Lottie Harris and Imogene Edwards; and one brother, Hatden
Morgan.

Survivors include a daughter, Michele Cannon and husband, Kenneth, of
Bartlesville; a son, Chuck Morgan and wife, Nancy, of Houston; four
grandchildren, Jay Warren Cannon of Dallas, Jocelyn Cannon Wood of Tulsa,
and Clayton and Katy Morgan of Houston; three sisters, Aline Cope of
Cheyenne, Nadine Kiehn of Lindsay and Pat Tippens of Hammon; and two
brothers, Jake Morgan of Moore and Kenneth Morgan of Irving, Texas.

The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo,
TX 79176; to Boy Scout Troop 80, 500 S. Taylor St., Suite 1060, Amarillo,
TX 79101; or to a favorite charity.

Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 9, 2004
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