The Morgan

The Rev. George Gale Morgan, 81, of Little Rock, passed away September 6, 2012. Born in Buffalo, New York to William George and Mary Kate Ledbetter Morgan, he was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Morgan was the priest in charge of St. Cyprian's Church in Pensacola and St. Francis of Assisi Church in Gulf Breeze, Florida for the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast of Florida. He was a member of the Ministerial Alliance and the Power Squadron in Pensacola, Florida, member of the Optimist Club, a volunteer with the Little Rock Police Department and a Chaplain for Covenant Hospice in Pensacola. He was a United States Air Force veteran.
Preceded in death by his parents and sister, Mary Ellen Hosking, he is survived by his wife of 55 years, Jan Wallace Morgan; sons, William George Morgan II (DeeAnn) of Benton, Dr. Richard L. Morgan (Tammy) of Russellville and Steven H. Morgan (Sandy) of Little Rock; grandchildren, Hannah A. Morgan, Baylee N. Morgan and Ashlee T. Morgan, all of Russellville, Wesley A. Morgan of Little Rock and Will A. Morgan of Benton; and a host of relatives and friends.
Services with Military Honors will be held on Tuesday, September 11 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, officiated by The Rev. Danny Schieffler, followed by interment in St. Mark's Columbarium. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Arkansas, 201 Markham Center Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205 or to Covenant Hospice, 5041 N. 12th Ave., Pensacola, FL 32504.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct., Little Rock, (501)224-2200. The Rev. Morgan's online guestbook may be signed at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com.