Margaret-Morland-Obituary

Margaret Ward Morland

Lynchburg, Virginia

Apr 28, 1923 – Sep 8, 2022

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BORN
April 28, 1923
DIED
September 8, 2022
LOCATION
Lynchburg, Virginia

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Margaret Ward Morland, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, poet and teacher, passed away September 8, 2022. Born on April 28, 1923, in Birmingham, Alabama, she graduated with highest honors from Samford University, pursued graduate studies at Northwestern University, and received...

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Dear family of Margaret Ward Morland, Please accept my deepest condolences on Margaret´s passing. I had the honor of meeting her in 2013 when I served as Virginia Poet Laureate and gave a reading at Westminster Canterbury where she lived. I did not know about this until I arrived and was honored to see her in the audience. Fortunately, I had an anthology of poems with me, which included her beautiful work, and I opened the presentation with one of her poems. Her acknowledging smile was a true...