Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Morgan, Francis Marion  December 25, 1908
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Virginian Pilot December 27, 1908

                  IMMENSE THRONG AT FUNERAL OF DR. MORGAN

Late Residence of Much Beloved Physician Could Not Accommodate Large Number 
Who Paid Respects

One of the largest funerals that has taken place in Berkley ward for years 
was that of Dr. Francis Marion Morgan, which was conducted from his late 
residence in Main street yesterday afternoon, between 2 ad 3 o'clock.
His late home was packed to overflowing and several hundred remained about 
the front of the residence during the services, who were unable to gain 
admittance, there being many present from Norfolk proper, Portsmouth and 
Elizabeth City and Moyock, N.C., a former home of the deceased.
Dr. Morgan died Christmas morning at 12:15 o'clock after an illness of about 
a week.  He was 62 years old.  He was born in Currituck, N.C. and after 
attending the schools (in) his county graduated at the University of 
Virginia.  He also graduated in medicine at the College for Physicians and 
Surgeons at Baltimore, Md.
He entered upon the practice of medicine in Eastern North Carolina, his 
home.  He also practiced during the latter part of the war in the Southern 
army.  He moved to Berkley ward about twenty-five years ago, where he 
continued his practice until his recent illness.
During his long experience in medicine he made many friends and enjoyed a 
lucrative practice.  He always responded when called, whether the money was 
there to pay for the service or not.  He was affable and courteous to every 
body and there are few men living in Berkley ward who possessed a larger 
number of friends.
The deceased was married in 1870 to Miss Emily V. Black, daughter of the 
late John Black, a well known attorney of Elizabeth City, N.C.  He is 
survived by two brothers, P.H. Morgan, of Shawboro, N.C. and Joseph W. 
Morgan, of Berkley; one sister, Mrs. T. Calhoon Sanderson, of Moyock, N.C.; 
two sons, John B. and Francis M. Morgan, Jr. and one daughter, Mrs. Arthur 
J. Lancaster.  He was a member of St. Thomas P.E. Church.
He was a member of Berkley Lodge 278 B.P.O. Elks, Berkley Aerie 795 F.O. 
Eagles, Berkley Ruling 1,119 Fraternal Mystic Circle and also held insurance 
in the New York Mutual and Georgia Mutual Life Insurance Companies.
Rev. S.W. Cowling, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, of which the 
deceased was a member, officiated at the funeral and interment was in 
Magnolia Cemetery.  The floral designs were numerous and beautiful.  A wagon 
was necessary to convey the floral designs to the grave.  Following were the 
pallbearers:
Active - John M. Berkley, John T. Whitehurst, W.H. French, Leroy M. Lewis, 
H.B. Urquhart, C.H. Banks, George T. Tilley and George D. Parker.
Honorary - Alvah H. Martin, W.W. Robertson, L. Berkley, H.I. Wicks, W.S. 
Rudd, W.S. Sykes, Drs. J.P. Jackson, J.A. Norfleet, F. Lawford and J.T. West 
and S.W. Lyons and F.M. Smith


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