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July 4, 1935 Morgan Professor Robert Kenneth Morgan, Sr., for 55 years a forceful and beloved educator of Middle Tennessee, died at his home in Petersburg, on Monday afternoon, July 1, at 1:30 o’clock following an illness of fourteen weeks. Professor Morgan was born in Bedford County, near Shelbyville, in 1865, the son of German Baker and Alice Holt Morgan. He received his education in the Bedford County Schools, Webb School and Vanderbilt University. Professor Morgan began his distinguished career as a teacher at Howell, in 1885. In 18??, he formed a partnership with Prof. Hal Peoples, who was at that time principal of the Mulberry School, and together they founded the Peoples & Morgan Prepatory School at Fayetteville, which later became the Morgan Prepatory School. This institution was moved in 1919 to Petersburg, where it continues, with Professor Morgan’s eldest son, Prof. R. Kenneth Morgan, Jr., as headmaster. Professor Morgan known affectionally by thousands of boys who received instruction under him, as “Old Dog,” met with and taught some of his Latin classes until about three months before his death. On June 4, 1894, Professor Morgan was married to Miss Myrtle Stephenson, of Howell; to this union were born five daughters and three sons. His second daughter, Mrs. Alice Morgan Murdock, preceded him to the grave several years. Professor Morgan was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a member of the Exchange Club and of the Chamber of Commerce. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist Church by his pastor, the Rev. W. E. Cowser, assisted by the Rev. J. W. Cheery, a former pastor and close friends of many years standing. Eld. R. A. Largen, a former student, paid a touching and sincere tribute to Professor Morgan on behalf of the student body and alumni. He is survived by his wife, three sons, R. Kenneth Morgan, Jr., of Petersburg; Charles Morgan, of Hickory, N. C., and J. A. Morgan, of Chicago; four daughters, Mrs. Kathleen George and Miss Sarah Morgan of Petersburg; Mrs. Marvin Miller, of Nashville, and Mrs. Warren Gibson, of Hickory, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. W. B. Moore, of Petersburg, and Mrs. R. A. Conger, of Fayetteville; two brothers, the Rev. A. J. Morgan, of Dickson, and the Rev. G. A. Morgan, of Murfreesboro, presiding elder of the Murfreesboro district, and numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews. A host of friends and admirers from Fayetteville joined the throng which had assembled at Old Orchard Cemetery to pay their last respects to this beloved maker of men as he was quietly laid to rest. Lincoln County News – July 4, 1935

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