Thelma Morgan

A celebration for the life of Thelma Burt Morgan, 89, of Union City will be at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at First United Methodist Church in Leland, Miss. She passed away on Feb. 25 at the Obion County Nursing Home near Union City. Burial will follow in Leland-Stoneville Cemetery under the direction of Boone Funeral Home of Leland.
She was born in Greenville, Miss., on Nov. 11, 1929, to Tave Burt and Estelle Evans Burt. She married Rance Eugene Morgan Jr. from Sunflower, Miss., in 1948.
They made their home in Leland, where they raised their four children. She was a homemaker who loved to cook and entertain in her home.
She was an active member of Leland First United Methodist Church, where she served as Sunday school superintendent. She was also a member of the Leland Garden Club.
The love of her life was a special needs granddaughter born to her youngest child, Dawn. When Darren and Dawn Bowling relocated from Mississippi to Tennessee 17 years ago, she moved with them to help take care of Meri-Morgan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rance E. Morgan Jr.
She is survived by four children, Tricia Stanton (Lin) of Greenwood, Miss., Rance Morgan III (Dru) of Leland, Craig Morgan (Teresa) of Isola, Miss., and Dawn Bowling (Darren) of Union City; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The family will receive visitors from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday at Leland First United Methodist Church.

Published 2.26.19