Service was held March 31, 2025 at Bethel Baptist Church.
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Deaconess Jean Morgan was born on October 22, 1947, at Mercy Hospital in San Diego, California. She was the second of three children born to Willie and Mary Myles.
From an early age, she attended Bethel Baptist Church under the Pastoral Leadership of Pastor Charles H. Hampton.
Jean met Harvey Lee Morgan in 1965 and shortly thereafter became his wife. To this
union, a son Otis Eugene Morgan, was born, and her second son Lamont DeWayne Fields came along in 1975. One of Jean’s greatest joys was being a homemaker and taking care of her family.
Jean found pleasure in the simple things of life, spending time with family and friends,
hanging out with her sister Bea, going to restaurants, dancing, watching soap operas, and catching a good Western movie from time to time. Her greatest joy came from sharing the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others and serving in the
church. Jean was the Leader of the Deaconess Board and served in the following
ministries: Missions, Birthday Club, Outreach, Greeters, Bereavement, Twelve Fruits,
and the Prison Ministry. As part of her prison ministry outreach, Jean would often reach
out and write to inmates, sharing scripture references and offering words of
encouragement.
Jean’s favorite scripture was Psalms 27, where we are reminded to have unwavering
faith and trust in God who is our light, salvation, and refuge even in the face of adversity, urging us to seek God’s presence and wait for his help. Whenever she wasn’t
feeling well, she would ask someone to read it for her during Hemerra Prayer. The song “You Know My Name” was her most precious spiritual song, which she would sing often.
God called Jean into his heavenly presence on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
She was preceded by her parents; Willie and Mary Myles, step-father Otis Childs, brother James Myles, and nephew Stanley Morris.
Left to cherish her memories are her two devoted sons; Otis Morgan and Lamont Fields, sister Beatrice Washington, sister-in-law Shirley Myles, niece Dianna Morris, nephews Demetrius Washington, Charles Moore, James, Mark, and Bobby Myles, granddaughter Breanna Morgan, grandson Jordan Fields, great niece Shanya Morris, great nephew Stanley (Amanda), Isiah, Elijah, brother-in-law James Lee Washington, God mothers; Lelya Sampson and Barbara O.Williams, and a host of other relatives and close friends.
