A. Rufus Morgan, Jr., 90, of Franklin, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 13, 2007.
Born in Rutherfordton, NC, he lived most of his life in Macon County. He was the son of the late Rev. A. Rufus Morgan and Madeline Mahala Prentis Morgan. Rufus was a U.S. Navy and Army veteran and was a member of the VFW Post 7339. Rufus was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa Fraternity and the Beta Pi Theta National French Fraternity at the University of South Carolina. Rufus graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1937 with a BA in Math, he went as a co-op to Georgia Tech, from which he graduated on June 3, 1940 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. In 1941 he completed the course in Naval Architecture from The Citadel Military College of South Carolina Dept. of Engineering (Engineering Defense Training Program). He enlisted in the Army and served as a sergeant in the CBI, building rebuilding air fields for the 14th Air Force. In 1946 he was hired as a hydraulic engineer by the Commonwealth & Southern Corp. (NY), he became a depreciation engineer in 1949 and was named manager of the Depreciation Accounting Services in 1971. Rufus was a 25 year member of the Edison Electric Institute Depreciation Accounting Committee serving as chairman from 1966-1967 and coordinator of the Group I Activities Accounting Division from 1974-1975. In 1972 he received a plaque from the Izaak Walton League of America for outstanding service to conservation. From 1976-1977, Rufus was named in the Biographical Record in Who's Who in the South and Southwest (Fifteenth Edition). He was secretary/treasurer for the Master Gardner's Association in Fulton Co. in 1981.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Irene Elizabeth Mitchell Morgan; son, Albert Rufus Morgan III of the Cartoogechaye Community; daughter, Anna Chipman Morgan Simmons and husband Dr. William Crispin Simmons of Edmonds, Washington; one sister, Frances Morgan McLean and husband Donald of Asheville, NC; two grandchildren, Jessica Brie and William Crispin Simmons, Jr. both of Seattle, Washington; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 19, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Cartoogechaye. The Rev. Harlie Bemis will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, January 18, at Macon Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The St. John's Trust , Attn. Mrs. Pamela Setser, Coward, Hicks and Siler, P.A., 43 West Main Street, Franklin, NC 28734.

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