Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel
912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426
P.O. Box 295
Springfield, GA 31329
PICTURE
Edna Gertrude Quinby Morgan
Clyo – Edna Gertrude Quinby Morgan, was born October 22, 1913, in Charleston, SC, to the late Bertrand A. and Lillie E. (Burn) Quinby. She passed away Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Effingham Care Center at the age of 101.
She graduated from Julian Mitchell School and Memminger High School, before attending college. In 1935, she received an A.B. Degree from the College of Charleston, with majors in Latin and Mathematics. In 1939, she received a M.A. Degree from George Peabody College for Teachers, with a major in Education and minors in Psychology and History. She then took graduate courses at Georgia Southern College.
On July 14, 1940, Edna and Hollis Albert Morgan were married in Charleston, SC at the Church of the Holy Communion, of which she was a member and former Sunday School Teacher. Edna had been active in church, school, and community affairs. She organized the Clyo Girl Scout Troop, after having been a First Class Scout and Scout Leader for several years in Charleston. She served as member of the Effingham County Library Board. During WWII, she served with other teachers in the Clyo School in registering people in Clyo School District for gasoline and food ration stamps. In addition, she took some turns as a volunteer at Mallory's Store as an airplane spotter for the Aircraft Warning System. She served as a P.T.A. officer, holding all offices, except president.
Before her marriage, Edna taught for one year in South Carolina, at Sullivan's Island. She taught thirty-one years in the Effingham County School System, eighteen years at Clyo Consolidated High School (later named Clyo Elementary School), two years at Effingham County Junior High School, and eleven years at Effingham County High School, from which she retired in June, 1975. During her career she taught on every level from the first grade through the twelfth.
She is a member of Wingard Memorial Lutheran Church, being a former teacher and superintendent of the Sunday School, and former treasurer and president of W.E.L.C.A. She is a member of the Clyo Homemakers Club, for which she had written a thirty year history. As an alumna of Peabody College, she joined the Alumni Association of Vanderbilt University when the two institutions merged. She also holds life memberships in the following organizations: College of Charleston Alumni Association, Georgia Salzburger Society (Associate), Historic Effingham Society, Effingham Retired Teachers Association, and Georgia Retired Teachers Association. She was a contributor for the Georgia Retired Teachers Association bicentennial book and the History of Effingham County, Georgia. She is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Effingham County Hussars Chapter No. 2285. She was a recipient of the John Adam Treutlen Award given by Effingham Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include her children Ryal (Sally) Morgan, Ashley (Norma Jean) Morgan all of Clyo, GA., Sylvia M. Hendrix of Charleston, SC; grandchildren, Stephen (Lindsay) Hendrix, Michael (Cindy) Morgan, Stanley (Jennifer) Morgan, Regina (Chris) Collins, Tony (Katy) Morgan; 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Vivvian (Roy) Huthmacher; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel.
Interment will follow in Ryall Cemetery, Clyo, GA.
Remembrances may be given to Ryall Cemetery Fund, c/o Ashley Morgan, 1935 Clyo-Kildare Rd., Clyo, GA 31303.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons
Funeral Home
Effingham Chapel
(912)754-6421