James Robert Morgan

Mr. Morgan was a Senior Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and was also certified in CNC Operations from EMCO/Maier Corp.  He was currently working on his undergraduate study through Western Carolina University.  He was a retired Machine Instructor and outstanding faculty member of McDowell Technical College.

He was a beloved family member of Zephyr Hills Free Will Baptist Church and a member of the Candler Lions Club.

Mr. Morgan was born in Buncombe County and was a son of the late Phillip Ernest and Hattie Williams Boyd and step-son of the late Flora Hyatt Morgan.  He was the former co-owner with his father of Hominy Valley Feed and Seed.

He is survived by his wife, Ann Bennett Morgan;  two sons, James 'Jamie' Morgan and his wife Sherri of Asheville and Jonathan 'Jody' Morgan of Candler, currently residing in Charleston, SC;  four sisters, Barbara Zachary of Arden, Becky Ouderkirk of Flat Rock, Joyce Gunter of Hendersonville, Teressa Pennington of Waynesville;  and two brothers, Paul Morgan of Asheville and Phillip Morgan of Candler.  He was preceded in death by a son, Robert Scott Morgan, a brother, Charles Morgan, and a sister, Marie Robinson.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Friday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Wendell Walley officiating.  Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

His family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Thursday at the funeral home and at other times will be at the residence.

Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 16, Asheville, NC 28806, or to Zephyr Hills Free Will Baptist Church Building Fund, 283 Shelburne Road, Asheville, NC 28806.