Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Virgie Marie Morgan

Virgie Marie Morgan, 94, of Mexia, passed away November 23, 2013 in Mexia. 
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Blair-Stubbs 
Chapel with Rev. James Hooper officiating. Interment will be in the Whitney 
Cemetery in Whitney, Texas.

Visitation with the family will be 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday at Blair-Stubbs 
Funeral Home.

Marie was born in Farrar, Texas on April 16, 1919 to Johnie Monroe and Callie 
Slaughter Kennedy; the first of four children. The family moved to Mexia in 1922, 
where her parents were in business. As a child, Marie worked in her parents’ 
grocery store while also helping to raise her sister, Wanda Lee. She graduated 
from Mexia High School in 1936; she then attended and graduated from Draughs 
Business College in Dallas.

While in Dallas, she met her future husband, William “Bill” Morgan. On March 16, 
1941, they married at her parents’ home. While Bill was in service, during World 
War II, she worked for the Quarter Master Depot in Ft. Worth.

They moved to Freestone County in 1950 and Marie went to work at the First 
National Bank of Mexia. Having no children, she helped raise her nephew, Bobby, 
and always considered him as a son. 

Marie and Bill loved horses and were instrumental in starting the Mexia Riding 
Club. They led many trail rides with their chuck wagon and friends and attended 
numerous rodeos.

Marie changed professions and went to work for the telephone company in Fairfield 
and was later transferred to Whitney. She and Bill continued enjoying their 
horses while joining the Whitney Riding Club. After Bill’s death in 1976, the 
phone company transferred her to Whitewright, Texas and she became an avid Dallas 
Cowboy fan.

After retiring from the phone company, she moved back to Mexia in 1984. She was 
very active in DAVA, VFW and Pink Ladies. Marie was especially active in the 
Calvary Baptist Church where she taught the children’s Sunday School Class for 
many years. Her love for God, family and people, especially children, was 
exemplified in the way she lived her life. 

Marie also worked at Wal-Mart for 16 years and retired in 2002. She was honored 
on her 90th Birthday by the Calvary Baptist Church in 2009. She traveled many 
places, including a trip to the Holy Land.

Marie moved to the Bowie House for several years and later passed away at Mexia 
LTC.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four brothers and several 
nieces and nephews.

Marie is survived by her sister, Wanda McDonald and husband, Cecil of Groesbeck; 
sister-in-law, Audrey Kennedy of Mexia; a number of nieces and nephews, whom she 
dearly loved; and a number of great-nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Bobby McDonald, Brad Funk, Jerry Lee Kennedy, David Lloyd 
Kennedy, Robert Knutson, Alfonzo “Jr.” Lozano and Jeffrey McDonald.