Jessie Morgan Bateman, 89, of Nantahala, N.C., passed peacefully from this life on Friday, April 17, 2026, at 10:50 p.m., surrounded by the love of those she spent a lifetime caring for. Born on March 6, 1937, to the late Fred and Lexie Mashburn Morgan, Jessie was raised in Nantahala, where love,...