Martha Jeanette Morgan

ASHEVILLE - MARTHA JEANETTE BRIDGES MORGAN, 67, OF 844 OLD LEICESTER HWY. DIED FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2001 AT HER HOME. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE RETIRED FROM THE ASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS AS A TEACHER WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH AND ATTENDED THE ADULT CARE PROGRAM AT THE LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GARDNER AND CLEO BRIDGES AND THE WIFE OF THE LATE J.W. MORGAN, JR. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, DERRICK K. MORGAN AND A SISTER, DOROTHY JEANNE COLE. SURVIVING ARE HER SON, BYRON MORGAN OF ASHEVILLE; BROTHER, HOWARD BRIDGES AND WIFE JEWEL OF ASHEVILLE; GRANDSON, JACOB MORGAN OF ATLANTA, GA. AND GRANDDAUGHTER, ERICA MORGAN OF ASHEVILLE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY AT MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REV. DR. RONNIE OWEN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE SLUDER FAMILY CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 8:30 P.M. SATURDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO: MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING FUND, 200 MT. CARMEL ROAD, ASHEVILLE, NC. 28806.