Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameLester Cletus Morgan 
Birth27 May 1910, Rowan County, NC
Death9 Oct 2000, Fairfax County, Virginia
Burial14 Oct 2000, Floral Garden Memorial Park, High Point, Guilford County, NC
FatherJacob Adam Morgan (1870-1941)
MotherNorrie Ellen Vanhoy (1871-1955)
Spouses
Birth22 Dec 1914, North Carolina
Death23 Feb 1999, High Point, Guilford County, NC
BurialFloral Garden Memorial Park, High Point, Guilford County, NC
FatherEmmitt Fletcher Cates (1871-1949)
MotherVivian Lee Hicks (1884-1977)
Marriage18 Oct 1936
ChildrenLinda
Vicki
Notes for Lester Cletus Morgan
Lester C. Morgan
Lester C. Morgan, 90, died Oct. 9, 2000, at Fairfax Nursing Center.
He was born May 27, 1910, in Rowan County, a son of Norrie and Jacob Morgan. He became a resident of High Point in 1932. He was a graduate of Bowman Technical (Horological) School. He was the retired owner of Lester's Jewelers that opened in 1942, as well as the Gem Shop. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Men, Woodman of the World Society, High Point Elks No. 1155, North Carolina Watchmakers Association, Retail Jewelers of America and the High Point Exchange Club. In 1936, he married Luna 'Mona' Cates who preceded him in death. He moved to Virginia in 1999.
Surviving are two daughters, Linda Morgan of Springfield, Va. and Vicki Curby and her husband, Jon, of Columbia, Mo.; four grandchildren, Ashley Butler and her husband, Richard, of Arlington, Va., John Jennings and his wife, Lisa, of Fresno, Calif., Ann Curby of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Peter Curby of Columbia; two great-grandchildren, Daniel and Megan Butler; and several nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Harold C. Davis Funeral Chapel, High Point, by the Rev. Mark Curtis. Burial will be in Floral Garden Park Cemetery, High Point. Visitation will be 10 a.m. Saturday until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church, High Point, N.C.
Lester C. Morgan, 90, died Oct. 9, 2000, at Fairfax Nursing Center.
He was born May 27, 1910, in Rowan County, a son of Norrie and Jacob Morgan. He became a resident of High Point in 1932. He was a graduate of Bowman Technical (Horological) School. He was the retired owner of Lester's Jewelers that opened in 1942, as well as the Gem Shop. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Men, Woodman of the World Society, High Point Elks No. 1155, North Carolina Watchmakers Association, Retail Jewelers of America and the High Point Exchange Club. In 1936, he married Luna 'Mona' Cates who preceded him in death. He moved to Virginia in 1999.
Surviving are two daughters, Linda Morgan of Springfield, Va. and Vicki Curby and her husband, Jon, of Columbia, Mo.; four grandchildren, Ashley Butler and her husband, Richard, of Arlington, Va., John Jennings and his wife, Lisa, of Fresno, Calif., Ann Curby of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Peter Curby of Columbia; two great-grandchildren, Daniel and Megan Butler; and several nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Harold C. Davis Funeral Chapel, High Point, by the Rev. Mark Curtis. Burial will be in Floral Garden Park Cemetery, High Point. Visitation will be 10 a.m. Saturday until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church, High Point, N.C.