Mary Jo Morgan

Mary Jo Morgan obituary

Mary Jo Morgan

Mary Morgan Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Paulk Funeral Home - Fitzgerald on Dec. 1, 2025.

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Mary Jo Leggett Morgan, 79, of Tifton, Georgia, formally of Fitzgerald, died Sunday, November 30, 2025, at her residence.

Graveside services will be held 4 PM, Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at the Evergreen Cemetery, with the Rev. Ike Branch officiating. The family will greet friends from 2:30 PM until 3:30 PM at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.

Ms. Morgan was born October 31, 1946, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late Donald & Beulah Mae Reynolds Leggett. She graduated from Fitzgerald High School and retired after 28 years of service as an Inventory Specialist for the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia. She loved doing crafts, crocheting, shopping and shopping more. Ms. Morgan was a member of the Tifton First Church of the Nazarene.

She is survived by her daughter, Carrie Morgan Hembree & Donald of Tifton, a son, Chris Morgan of Moultrie; sisters: Linda Tabor & John of Tifton and Donna Tompkins & Ray of Brunswick; brother, Clay Leggett of Fitzgerald; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.

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