Michael Stephen Morgan

Michael Stephen Morgan, age 74, of Port Orange, FL, died Friday, December 29, 2023, at Halifax Health Medical Center in Port Orange. 

He was born on April 20, 1949, in Canton, OH, a son of the late Stephen Mortimer and Brenice Gwendoline Jones Morgan.  On July 8, 2000, he was united in marriage to Jane D. Knabb Morgan, who survives. Also surviving are three daughters:  Jennifer Coffey, Erin Teuton, Heather Daniel; two stepchildren: James Amedeo and Andrea Wilson; seven grandchildren; and two step grandchildren.

Mr. Morgan was a 1979 graduate of Otterbein University and was a retired Master Electrician. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge. 

A graveside service and interment will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 11:00 AM, at the Pine Grove Cemetery at Czar, WV with Mark Morgan officiating. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, PO Box 5014 Hagerstown, MD 21741 or at www.michaeljfox.org.

Online condolences may be extended to the Morgan family at www.heavnerandcutright.com. The Morgan family entrusted the Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel with the arrangements.

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