Gene Arnold Morgan, 87, of Longville died Wednesday, Sept. 8, in Lake Charles. He was born in Chloe.
Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 13, at Magnolia Baptist Church in Ragley with Rev. Stuart Graves and Rev. Corey Townsley officiating. Interment followed at Magnolia Cemetery in Ragley under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of DeRidder.
He grew up in Chloe, and after graduating high school he enrolled to McNeese Universit and graduated with a degree in chemistry. After graduation he was employed with Firestone as a chemist for 35 years. In 1958, he began his work into the music ministry, first starting in Murray Street First Baptist Church then moving to Maplewood First Baptist Church and then finally at the First Baptist Church in Longville. He served by leading the music for over 40 years and during those years he served as a deacon of Maplewood and Longville.
He was survived by his children, Gene Morgan Jr. and wife Katherine of Flagstaff, Ariz., Kalan Sylvest and husband David of Sulphur, Jan McCoy and husband John of Leander, Texas, and John Morgan of Moss Bluff; two brothers, John “J. D.” Morgan of Lake Charles and Duane Morgan of Houston, Texas; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He is preceded by his wife, Mary F. McCorquodale Morgan; father, John Morgan; mother, Claudia Morgan; and two brothers.
