Rev. Enoch S. Morgan

The Reverend Enoch S. Morgan, passed peacefully to be with the Lord on Friday, September 8, 2006, at the WNC Baptist Retirement Center. Rev. Morgan was born May 10, 1916, in Mars Hill, and was a son of the late Marcus Talton and Etta Jarvis Morgan. E.S. was a graduate of Mars Hill College, Furman University, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He studied at Andover-Newton Theological and the Harvard Divinity School where he received a Masters of Sacred Theology degree. He has served as pastor for the following churches: Forks of Ivy Baptist Church, Mars Hill, Elizabeth Baptist Church in Charlotte, First Baptist Church of Osgood, IN, Rowan Baptist Church in Clinton, Seabord Baptist Church, Seabord, First Baptist Church of Piedmont, SC, First Baptist Church of Baltimore, MD, Oak Grove Baptist Church in Elkin, and New Bridge Baptist Church, Asheville. E.S. preached his final sermon at the Forks of Ivy Baptist Church following 62 years of faithful service in the ministry. At the time of his death he was Pastor Emeritus of New Bridge Baptist Church. He served as President of Ministers’ Conference in Clinton and in Boone, and served as President of Interdenominational Pastors’ Conference, Piedmont, SC, and as Vice-moderator of Three Forks Association in Boone. Rev. Morgan’s publications include “How the Deacon Can Help the Pastor”, published by the Sunday School Board, S.B.C., 1972, and also sermons for weekly publications and the Charlotte News, and Christmas sermons for the daily newspaper in Baltimore, MD. E.S. was preceded in death by his parents, his loving wife, Helen Morris Heffner Morgan, three sisters, Ruth Deaver, Sally McDowell, and Ollie Willis, and three brothers, Flint Morgan, Rex Morgan, and Jeter Phillips. He is survived by nieces and nephews, Jean Ball, Edwina Edwards, Edward McDowell, JoAnn Morgan and her husband, Ray, Rebecca Roberts and her husband, J.D., Jerrell Deaver and his wife, Hazel, Rev. John Phillips and his wife, Donna, Tommy Storey and his wife, Tomika, and Teresa Hammer; brother-in-law, John W. Heffner; and a sister-in-law, Clarissa Carter. He was also blessed with many great nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday at New Bridge Baptist Church with the Revs. Clarke Henderson, Lee Roy Denton, and Enoch Ball officiating. Interment will follow at Bell United Methodist Church Cemetery. His family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Western Carolina Rescue Ministries, PO Box 909, Asheville, NC 28802. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is in charge of the arrangements.