Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEli Calvin Morgan 
Birth24 Mar 1935
Death10 Jan 2024
FatherGilmer Austin Morgan (1910-1981)
MotherGeneva Louise Morgan (1913-2004)
Spouses
Birth1 Jan 1940, Rowan County, NC
Death6 Apr 2017, Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Marriage9 Sep 1955
ChildrenDavid
Calvin
Ellen
Melissa
Notes for Eli Calvin Morgan
Eli Calvin Morgan
Eli Calvin Morgan, 88, of Gold Hill, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.
He was born March 24, 1935, in Rowan County, to the late Gilmer and Geneva Morgan Morgan. Mr. Morgan attended Morgan School and Rockwell High School. He was employed by Cannon Mills and loved attending his home church, Eastside Baptist Church. Mr. Morgan would help anyone that he could and was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing, telling jokes to those around him, and Westerns. He loved his family and especially loved spending time with his family, he was a family man.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Morgan was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Lee Morgan; brothers, Junior Morgan, Bobby Morgan, and Charles Morgan; sister, Margaret Louise Casper; and great-granddaughter, Brittnie Anne Campbell.
He is survived by his sons, David Morgan (Robin) and Calvin Morgan (Bonnie); daughters, Ellen Campbell (Billy) and Melissa Benton (Danny); 12 grandchildren, Scott and Philip Morgan, Crystal Lee, Ariel Harwood, Sonny, Kimber and Miranda Benton, BJ and Donna Campbell and Brandon, Christopher and Elijah Morgan; 26 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren, sisters, Sylvia Casper and Ruth K. Safrit.
The family will greet friends and relatives on Saturday, January 13, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Eastside Baptist Church.
A memorial service will follow at 3:00 pm on Saturday, at the church, with Pastor Jim Hunsucker officiating.
Memorials may be made to Eastside Baptist Church, 370 Trexler Road, Salisbury, NC.
Powles Staton Funeral Home of Rockwell is assisting the Morgan family.
Eli Calvin Morgan, 88, of Gold Hill, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.
He was born March 24, 1935, in Rowan County, to the late Gilmer and Geneva Morgan Morgan. Mr. Morgan attended Morgan School and Rockwell High School. He was employed by Cannon Mills and loved attending his home church, Eastside Baptist Church. Mr. Morgan would help anyone that he could and was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing, telling jokes to those around him, and Westerns. He loved his family and especially loved spending time with his family, he was a family man.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Morgan was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Lee Morgan; brothers, Junior Morgan, Bobby Morgan, and Charles Morgan; sister, Margaret Louise Casper; and great-granddaughter, Brittnie Anne Campbell.
He is survived by his sons, David Morgan (Robin) and Calvin Morgan (Bonnie); daughters, Ellen Campbell (Billy) and Melissa Benton (Danny); 12 grandchildren, Scott and Philip Morgan, Crystal Lee, Ariel Harwood, Sonny, Kimber and Miranda Benton, BJ and Donna Campbell and Brandon, Christopher and Elijah Morgan; 26 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren, sisters, Sylvia Casper and Ruth K. Safrit.
The family will greet friends and relatives on Saturday, January 13, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Eastside Baptist Church.
A memorial service will follow at 3:00 pm on Saturday, at the church, with Pastor Jim Hunsucker officiating.
Memorials may be made to Eastside Baptist Church, 370 Trexler Road, Salisbury, NC.
Powles Staton Funeral Home of Rockwell is assisting the Morgan family.