JOAN ELSIE CHEESMAN MORGAN

Joan Elsie Cheesman Morgan was born Feb 3, 1927 in Barbados, BWI where she grew up a mere block from the beach. Her father died young, so she and her two siblings were raised by her Mum, her maiden Aunt Marge and her widowed grandmother. She began her working career in the same insurance company as her Aunt Marge, but soon went to Antigua with her sister Doriel and several girlfriends seeking a better job. There she met and married the dashing Major William Ovid Morgan from Starkville, Miss. in 1945. "Bill" was a career Army officer and they were stationed all over the states and the world from DC to Tokyo, Hawaii to Germany, GA to PA.

Joan was a talented decorator, a wonderful cook and a gracious hostess. Many happy vacations were spent at PCB while the couple was stationed at Fort Benning, GA. Eventually 'Nana' went back to school and became a legal secretary for the Supreme Court of SC in Columbia in 1977. She retired in 1995 and enjoyed many years of growing flowers, serving her church, playing bridge and tennis, and traveling to visit her family in NC, PC and Canada. In 2007 she moved to PCB to be close to her elder daughter, Jo Ann Stone, and enjoy living near the beach again. Due to a chronic illness she moved into Provision Living this past year. Many thanks to all the caring staff there and special thanks to Alex, Maria and Sissy, and to her Covenant Hospice nurse Mary. The angels came to take her up to heaven on April 18th, 2012.

A memorial celebration of her life will be held at 2 pm on Sunday April 29th, 2012 at St. Thomas by the Sea Episcopal Church on Wisteria Lane, with light refreshments to follow in the Fellowship Hall.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents Elsie DeLisle Puckerin and Everton James Cheesman, her sister Doriel Haunts, her brother Rupert Cheesman and her ex-husband W.O. Morgan. She is survived by her daughters Jo Ann Morgan Stone (Jimmy) of Panama City Beach and Kathy Sue Morgan (Richard Kearney) of Raleigh NC, her grandsons Jeffrey Scott Cain (Carrie) of Lynn Haven and Joel Morgan Kearney of Raleigh, NC and her granddaughters Melanie Morgan Cain (Erika Cunha) of PCB and Laura Maria Kearney of the Dominican Republic, three great-grandsons Kenan, Jude and Aiden Cain of Lynn Haven, along with numerous nieces and nephews in Canada and the states.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to St. Thomas by the Sea Episcopal Church at PO Box 7359 Laguna Beach, FL 32413 or Covenant Hospice at 107 W. 19th St. Panama City, FL 32405.

Wilson Funeral Home