Morgan, Billie

Funeral services for Billie Howard Morgan, 90, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Bethlehem United Methodist Church. The Rev. Patricia Warden will officiate with burial in Frederick Memorial Gardens at 3:00 p.m. in Gaffney, SC. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is serving the family. The family will receive friends Wednesday, May 25, 2011 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests that memorials may be made to Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 2236 Bethlehem Road, Hartsville, SC 29550. Mrs. Morgan, widow of Ralph W. Morgan, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Born in Rock Springs, GA, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Ethel Gadd Howard. She was a member of Forest Hills Independent Baptist Church. Surviving are her sons, James Ralph Morgan of Joppa, MD, Charles Glenn Morgan of Laurens, SC; daughters, Patricia Ann Franklin of Hartsville, SC, Sherry Elaine Braswell of Clayton, NC; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 8 great great-grandchildren.