MORGAN, Courtney Austin - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Courtney A. MORGAN died at his home west of Waveland at half past 11 on Tuesday morning. He had been in poor health for some time. Death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage the previous day. Funeral services at the Presbyterian Church in Marshall on Wednesday were in charge of Rev. John Servies. Burial in the Methodist Cemetery at Marshall. He was the son of Joseph and Amanda Morgan and was born December 20, 1880. He first married Emma Lough Rusk who died in 1927. In 1930 he married Mrs. Nettle Lockard of Louisville, Ky who survives him as does one daughter, Naomi and a step daughter, Delma Lockard. There are two brothers, Cecil of Crawfordsville, and Stanley of this place and one sister, Mrs. Carl Smith of Byron. Courtney was born in Fountain County, Indiana.

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Again death has come into our midst and taken from us another loved one. Courtney Austin MORGAN, eldest son of  Joseph and Amanda Morgan was born in Jackson Township, Fountain County, Ind. Dec 20, 1878 and died at his home in Parke County Aug 1, 1933, at the age of 54 years, 7 months 11 days.  15 years of his early life were spent in Fountain County near Wallace, where Courtney attended school in winter and lived the life of the nromal healthy country boy in the summer. In the early 90s the family moved to near Crawfordsville where he finished his school days in 1899 moved with his parents, brothers and sister to Parke County where he spent the remainder of his life. On June 10, 1915, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Emma Rusk and to this union was born one daughter, Neoma, to whom ehe gave a father's full measure of devotion, the mother dying Oct 31, 1927.  On Dec 3, 1930, he was again united in marriage to Mrs. Mattie Locakrd of Louisville, KY who survives, also a daughter and stepdaughter. Although not a member of any church he believe din God and in his younger days was always present in Sunday School every SUnday. He was a devoted husband, kind father, an accomodating neighbor and dependable friend. The home and neighborhood where he lived so long will miss his sadly, but with the belief that all is well and with the passing of time will come an ever-increasing fund of pleasant memories to fill the place now so empty.  Besides the wife, daughter and stepdaughter, he leaves sorrowing today two brothers, Cecil of near Crawfordsville and Stanley of Waveland; one sister, Mrs. Carl Smith of Byron, and many other rleativse and a host of friends. Our friends pass on, with hushed and solemn voice we speak of death; yet is there such a thing as death? For answer let the poet speak:

There is no death!

The stars go down to rise upon some fairer shore

And bright in heaven's jeweled crown

They shine forever more

There is not death

An angel form walks o'er the earth

with silent tread

He bears our best love (rest is torn off)