Lincoln-Bedford County TN Archives Obituaries.....Morgan, Robert Kenneth (Sr.) July 1, 1935
************************************************

Copyright.  All rights reserved.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm

************************************************



File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Dwight Winsett dwinsett@nmol.com October 1, 2005, 1:19 am

Lincoln County News - July 4, 1935
Morgan

Professor Robert Kenneth Morgan, Sr., for 55 years a forceful and beloved

educator of Middle Tennessee, died at his home in Petersburg, on Monday

afternoon, July 1, at 1:30 o'clock following an illness of fourteen weeks.

Professor Morgan was born in Bedford County, near Shelbyville, in 1865, the

son of German Baker and Alice Holt Morgan. He received his education in the

Bedford County Schools, Webb School and Vanderbilt University.

Professor Morgan began his distinguished career as a teacher at Howell, in

1885. In 18??, he formed a partnership with Prof. Hal Peoples, who was at

that time principal of the Mulberry School, and together they founded the

Peoples & Morgan Prepatory School at Fayetteville, which later became the

Morgan Prepatory School. This institution was moved in 1919 to Petersburg,

where it continues, with Professor Morgan's eldest son, Prof. R. Kenneth

Morgan, Jr., as headmaster. Professor Morgan known affectionally by

thousands of boys who received instruction under him, as "Old Dog," met

with and taught some of his Latin classes until about three months before

his death.

On June 4, 1894, Professor Morgan was married to Miss Myrtle Stephenson, of

Howell; to this union were born five daughters and three sons. His second

daughter, Mrs. Alice Morgan Murdock, preceded him to the grave several

years.

Professor Morgan was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church

South, a member of the Exchange Club and of the Chamber of Commerce.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist Church

by his pastor, the Rev. W. E. Cowser, assisted by the Rev. J. W. Cheery, a

former pastor and close friends of many years standing. Eld. R. A. Largen,

a former student, paid a touching and sincere tribute to Professor Morgan

on behalf of the student body and alumni.

He is survived by his wife, three sons, R. Kenneth Morgan, Jr., of

Petersburg; Charles Morgan, of Hickory, N. C., and J. A. Morgan, of

Chicago; four daughters, Mrs. Kathleen George and Miss Sarah Morgan of

Petersburg; Mrs. Marvin Miller, of Nashville, and Mrs. Warren Gibson, of

Hickory, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. W. B. Moore, of Petersburg, and Mrs.

R. A. Conger, of Fayetteville; two brothers, the Rev. A. J. Morgan, of

Dickson, and the Rev. G. A. Morgan, of Murfreesboro, presiding elder of the

Murfreesboro district, and numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

A host of friends and admirers from Fayetteville joined the throng which

had assembled at Old Orchard Cemetery to pay their last respects to this

beloved maker of men as he was quietly laid to rest.

Lincoln County News - July 4, 1935



Additional Comments:
From:



Petersburg: A People's History by Dwight Winsett

(c) 1994

Permission is hereby granted to reproduce the following material in any manner,

except for resale. Except where noted, all material was taken from issues of the

Lincoln County News.



File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/lincoln/obits/m/morgan137nob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/

File size: 3.5 Kb