Wallace Morgan

Wallace Earl Morgan, 65, died suddenly at 4:34 p.m., Saturday, May 20, 2017 at his residence.He was born in Coffee, Alabama on March 2, 1952, one of two sons born to Rubin and Matilda (Wilks) Morgan.Wallace graduated from Samson High School, in Samson, Al,  and took vocational training at Douglas MacArthur State Technical College in Opp, Al., and soon joined the United States Army.   It was during his time there that through a friend of his met his future wife,  the former Ginger Kay Rodgers of Jerseyville.   After a brief courtship, the two were married on Nov. 6, 1971 in Jerseyville, and during their 45 year marriage they have been blessed with two daughters and their two grandchildren.Although a resident of Illinois for the majority of his adult life, Wallace was an Alabama guy through and through, and his heart never left "The Cotton State".He was employed in the primer department at Olin Corp. in East Alton for over 20 years, and in his spare time he could be found picking up a guitar and perfecting a song.Surviving are his wife,  Ginger Morgan of Fieldon; two daughters and a son in law, Mary Mae & Robert Eden and Tabathere Morgan, and her companion, Ron Miller all of Jerseyville; two grandchildren, Devin Robert Eden and Elsie Mae Eden; his mother in law, Mary Rodgers of Jerseyville; and three sisters in law, Brenda Simms of Morton, Mary Ann Rodgers of Jerseyville, and JoAlice, and her husband, Lee Pendley of Muhlenberg County, Ky.He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Larry Joe Morgan; his father in law, Carl Rodgers; a sister in law, Carla Long; and a niece, Jeannie Richardson.Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday.Burial will be in the Fieldon Cemetery.Memorials may be given to the Fieldon Baptist Church.

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Crawford Funeral Home