Paul Edward Morgan

MORGAN, Rev. Paul Edward, 75, of Pike Road, Alabama, passed away at home on November 26, 2022. Paul was born in Thomasville, Alabama, on August 12,1947 and graduated from Bearden High School, Knoxville, Tennessee in 1965; Asbury University (B.A.), Wilmore, Kentucky in 1969; Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Wilmore, Kentucky, in 1972; and Auburn University (B.S. in Environmental Design and B.S. in Architecture), Auburn, Alabama in 1978 and 1979, respectively. He married his high school sweetheart, Martha Sue Lowrey Morgan, in 1967 and followed her throughout her medical school and residency in the 1980s, serving the Methodist church in Alabama and Iowa before working as an architect in Tennessee and Alabama. Paul and Marty moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1991 where he worked as an architect for Western Kentucky University from 1993 to 1997 and for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1998 to 2013, at which time he retired so he could spend the next seven years traveling and celebrating life with Marty after her ruptured cerebral aneurysm. He later married Lynis Cox Morgan in 2020, and they enjoyed traveling to Gatlinburg, Tennessee (among many other places) in their RV. He has one son, Edward Alan, born during the first year of Marty’s residency program, who now practices law. Church was a life-long focus for Rev. Morgan, as he was an ordained minister; preached at several revivals; taught many Sunday school classes and Wednesday night Bible studies; and was able to translate Hebrew text given his many years of courses on the language. Outside of the church, he enjoyed raising horses, cattle, and German Shepherd dogs on the farm in Bowling Green. His love of the outdoors also extended to hunting, fishing and caring for his (at one point 100+) orchids. Somehow, he also found the time to become a published author in July 2022 (Nemesis), the product of long-lasting love of writing. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, Berrey Oscar and Betty Green Morgan of Pike Road, his late wife of 52 years, Martha Sue Lowrey Morgan of Pike Road, his sister-in-law Laura Lowrey, and his brother-in-law Wade Ferguson. He is survived by his wife Lynis Cox Morgan of Pike Road; his son Edward Alan Morgan of Columbus, Ohio, his step-son Aaron (Ashley) Cox of Marietta, Georgia, and his step-daughter Kim (Pat) Moates of Enterprise, Alabama; his step-grandchildren Harris, Mason, Marlee, and Morgan Moates and Connor, Reagan, and Josh Cox; his sisters Berrylynn (Dwayne) Freeby, Joyce (Ray) Hultquist, Dianne (Russ) Freeman, Marie (Roger) Spealman, and his brother Michael (Kay) Morgan; nephews and nieces Bobby Hobbs, Steven Hobbs, Sid Hultquist, Teresa Novoa, Debbie Munoz, Kenny Hultquist, Sonda McEver, Tracy Nixon, Tish Barzyk, Katherine Morgan, Amanda Davis, and Ted Spealman; plus sisters-in-law Janice Ferguson and Sandra (David) Smith, and brother-in-law William Stephen Lowrey; nephews and nieces on the Lowrey side of the family Felicia Ferguson, Sarah Smith and David S. Smith; plus brothers-in-law Jack Cox, David (Sylvia) White, and Alex (Lisa) White; and many dearly loved cousins. Memorial contributions may be made to the endowment of a scholarship he and Marty established at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky or to St. James Church.

Visitation will be at St. James Church at 1:00 pm on Sunday, December 4, with a memorial service to follow at 2:00 pm. Burial will be at Alabama Heritage Cemetery afterwards.