Brenda Waite Morgan

Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, October 25, 2024, at Grace Episcopal Church for Brenda Waite Morgan, 83, of Gainesville.

The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham, the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Park, and the Rev. Dr. Brandon Nonnemaker will officiate. The family will receive friends in the Parish Hall of Grace Episcopal Church following the service.

 Mrs. Morgan died Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

 Mrs. Morgan was born in Cumberland, MD. She graduated from Fort Hill High School and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA. She worked as a nurse at Hall County Hospital, and then as an instructor at Hall School of Nursing until 1965. She later joined her husband Jack Morgan in the family business, Morgan Laundry and Cleaners until it closed in 1998. She went on to become an integral part of the staff at Grace Episcopal Church and retired in 2024.

    When she was not working Mrs. Morgan served the community through the Junior League and as a volunteer with the Gainesville Theater Alliance's Theater Wings. Music was also a passion of Mrs. Morgan. She played organ and piano for her childhood church, St. Paul's Lutheran, and her high school glee club. She was a dedicated supporter of the arts in Gainesville, including the Grace Episcopal Church Friends of Music and the Lanier Chamber Singers.  

 Mrs. Morgan was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Jackson (Jack) Morgan, Jr. and her parents, Byron and Hazel Waite.

She is survived by her daughter, Wendy Morgan, Gainesville; sister and brother-in-law Lana and Preston Wagner, Wake Forest, NC; niece Michelle Wagner, Raleigh, NC; nephew Mark Wagner (Tonya), Hillsborough, NC; sister-in-law Jane Minor, Gainesville; niece Char Butler (Jeff), Maysville, GA; niece Jenny Williams (Scotty), Gainesville; and other relatives.

  The family is especially grateful to Dayna Williams, Ashley, and Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center for their loving and compassionate care.

  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Grace Episcopal Church, 422 Brenau Ave, Gainesville, GA 30501 or the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia, 845 West Ridge Rd, Gainesville, GA 30501.

Those wishing to send online condolences to the family may do so at littledavenport.com

Little & Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Georgia 30501 is in charge of arrangements.