Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHazel Bernice Starnes
Birth25 Apr 1928, Rowan County, NC
Death17 Jan 2011, Autumn Care of Salisbury, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial19 Jan 2011, St Matthew’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rowan County, NC
FatherGeorge Martin Starnes (1890-1960)
MotherAlice Susan Reid (1894-1979)
Spouses
Birth7 Jul 1923, Rowan County, NC
Death13 Jul 2002, Rowan County, NC
Burial15 Jul 2002, St Matthew’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rowan County, NC
FatherHarvey Ray Morgan (1902-1978)
MotherCarrie Bell Lentz (1904-1984)
Marriage25 Apr 1946, Rowan County, NC
ChildrenCarolyn Ann (1948-2007)
 Ralph
 Barry Ray
Notes for Hazel Bernice Starnes
Hazel Starnes Morgan

SALISBURY - Hazel Bernice Starnes Morgan, age 82, passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, at Autumn Care of Salisbury.

Born April 25, 1928, in Rowan County, she was the daughter and tenth child of the late Susan Alice Reid Starnes and George Starnes.

Educated in Rowan County schools; she was a lifelong member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, she was active in John's Sunday School Class and the senior group. As a homemaker, she enjoyed working in her garden and planting flowers.

Mrs. Morgan loved her family dearly and she will be greatly missed.

Including her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Ray Morgan; daughter, Carolyn Morgan Hill; seven sisters; and three brothers.

Survivors include two sons, Ralph Morgan (Grace) of Salisbury and Barry Ray Morgan of Mt. Pleasant; son-in-law, Ray Hill of Gold Hill; brothers, Lloyd Starnes (Annie) of Hampton, Va., Billy Starnes (Betty) of Newport News, Va. and Leo Starnes of Salisbury; sister, Polly Austin (Dave) of Salisbury; four grandchildren, Connie Talley, Tammy Honeycutt, Jesse Morgan and Randy Furro; five great-grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren.

Services: 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 9275 Bringle Ferry Road, Salisbury. At other times the family will be at the residence of Ralph Morgan. The service at 3 p.m. in the church sanctuary, with the Rev. Gary Coble officiating. Burial will follow in church cemetery.

Memorials: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 9275 Bringle Ferry Road.

Lyerly Funeral Home is serving the Morgan family.

Salisbury Post, 18 Jan 2011
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