Donald-Morgan-Obituary

Donald Joe Morgan

Newport News, Virginia

1930 - 2021

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Beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Donald Joe Morgan, 91, of Newport News, Virginia, went to his heavenly home on October 24, 2021. He was born October 18, 1930 in Winthrop, Arkansas to Newman Henry Morgan and Mary McFarland Morgan. Besides his parents, he was preceded to...

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Had the opportunity to work with Capt Morgan for many years Jamestown ferry. Good man.

My deepest sympathy to the Morgan family. He was a great man.

I had a wonderful relationship with Don that started when he got baptized . I was helping him to get ready to enter the pool and we just talked about life and our friendship went to another level. He hugged me every Sunday at the door at Church and said he looked forward to seeing me , the feeling was mutual . I will miss my dear friend but one day will hug him again.

MASAKA, OUR PRAYERS AND DEEPEST SYMPATHY ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. WE KNOW THAT THROUGH GOD'S INFINITE WISDOM THAT HE WILL GIVE YOU ADDED STRENGTH, COMFORT AND PEACE AS ONLY HE CAN DO DURING THIS TIME OF DIFFICULT SEPARATION FROM DON. "ABSENT FROM THE BODY AND PRESENT WITH THE LORD." "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN, FOR THEY WILL BE COMFORTED." MT 5:4 WE TOO WILL MISS GREETING YOU TWO ON SUNDAY MORNING WITH A BIG HUG.

So sorry to hear about your loss. You know that God and Jesus are in the best position to comfort us when we lose a loved one in death.

Mister Morgan was my neighbor for over 30 years. Though not a man of many words he always greeted me with a genuine smile. It was interesting to me that such a quiet man was at the same time a rugged ocean-going tugboat Captain and later a ferry Captain on the James river. My favorite memolry of him was when one early morning he took me fishing on his private boat and we came upon a fog bank and he immediately stopped the boat. Suddenly some of the fog lifted , the sun came shining through...