Kenneth Poe Funeral Services

August 28, 2024

MATTHEWS – Barbara Laverne Morgan passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, in Matthews, North Carolina. Daughter to Loretta Mason and Charles Ransom.  She was born on August 1, 1945, in the Bronx, New York. 

Barbara graduated from Monroe High School in the Bronx, New York.  She went on later in life to pursue a college education as was her aspiration.  She graduated with honors from The College of New Rochelle with a Bachelor of Arts.  Barbara professionally worked as a secretary in the legal, corporate and medical fields.  She concluded her working career at Mount Sinai Medical Center as the secretary for the Dean at the School of Medicine. 

While living in Mount Vernon, New York, Barbara was a committed member of Greater Centennial AME Zion Church under the leadership of Pastor Daren Moore where she gave her life to Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.  Upon relocating to Matthews, North Carolina she became a devoted member of Central Church under the leadership of Pastor Loran Livingston.  She served as a greeter for the church on Sunday mornings and took great delight in greeting at the Nursery.  She would often comment that she loved seeing families, especially the little ones.

Barbara’s greatest accomplishments we believe she would say are her children and giving her life to Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.  We would love her to be remembered by her love for her family, her zeal for life which included singing, dancing, shopping, cooking particularly, trying out new recipes. 

Barbara was the beloved wife of Clarence Morgan; mother to Sherisse Laurette Morgan and Danielle Laverne Thompson; mother-in-law to Trevor L. Thompson and Adrian B. Benjamin; loving grandmother to James Garick Thompson, Adriana Noelle Benjamin, Ariel Jordan Thompson, Ashley Carin Benjamin, Adrian Bernard Benjamin, Jr. and great-grandson, Kacey Allen Lofland whose father is Zion E. Lofland.  Also surviving is her beloved sister-in-law to Jeuel Jefferson, Linda Johnson, Pat Morgan, Doris Morgan; aunt to Glenn Morgan, Dinah Morgan, LeNoire Morgan, Joelle Narvaez, Edwin Narvaez, Todd Southhall, Darien Morgan, James Johnson, great aunt to his offspring; great aunt to Paul Narvaez and his offspring, Mika Allen, Alina Southhall; beloved cousin of Dawn McClendon, Jordan McClendon, Ryan McClendon, Deleah McClendon, Layla McClendon, Aisha Matthews and son Ashton and a whole host of other cousins and relatives.  She was predeceased by her sister, Diane Clarke; aunts, Adeline Matthews, Muriel Gittens and cousins Charlene and Michelle Matthews.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, September 7, 2024, in the Family Life Center at Central Church, 5301 Sardis Road, Charlotte, NC.  The family will receive friends thirty minutes prior to the service and following the service at the church.  Interment will be private in the Alexander Family Cemetery in Warrenton, NC.

Memorials may be offered in memory of Barbara to the The Alzheimers Association/Western Carolina Chapter, 4600 Park Road, Ste. 250, Charlotte, NC 28209. (https://www.alz.org/northcarolina) 

Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth W. Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321 Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204; (704) 641-7606. Online condolences may be shared at www.kennethpoeservices.com.