Morgan, Mary Matilda Lowther

Passed: 1941-01-28

Age: 94

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1941-01-31

Information: AGED ODAVILLE RESIDENT DEAD - COUNTY'S OLDEST WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO LONG ILLNESS - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Matilda Morgan, 94-year-old resident of Odaville, said to be the oldest woman in Jackson county, were held from the Odaville church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Dennis in charge and burial was in the nearby cemetery.  Lawrence M. Ford, Crow Summit funeral director, had charge of the arrangements for the last rites.  Death came to the aged woman at three o'clock Tuesday morning after an illness of fifteen years and had been expected by the family and friends.      Mrs. Morgan was born in Harrison county, Virginia, now in West Virginia, on September 17, 1846 and at the time of her death was 94 years, 4 months and 11 days of age.  She was a daughter of Elias J. and Salina Lother.  She was married to P. W. Morgan and spent the greater part of her life in the Odaville section.  She had been a member of the Christian church for the past fifty years.  She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Betty Full and Mrs. Nora Smith, of Sandyville, and Mrs. Maude Gorrell of Ravenswood; five sons, Oscar Morgan an E. H. Morgan of Sandyville, J. P. Morgan of Cottageville, W. E. Morgan of Leroy and P. G. Morgan of Sandyville.  One son, Claude Morgan, preceded her in death.  She is also survived by fifty-two grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren.