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James Logan Morgan
James Logan Morgan, of Newport, Arkansas, was born September 13, 1940, in Oil Trough, Independence County, Arkansas, to James Logan Morgan, Sr., and Eva Irene Landrum Morgan. James was a 1958 graduate of Newport High School, and he earned the bachelor of arts degree, with majors in history and business, from Arkansas College (now Lyon College), in Batesville, graduating summa cum laude in 1962. A charter member of the Jackson County Historical Society, he served as editor of its quarterly publication, The Stream of History, from 1964 to 1980, and was honored with the first life membership awarded by the Society. He was also a member of the board of directors of Arkansas Genealogical Society from 1974 to 1989, and he compiled many abstracts of Arkansas source materials and published them in book form. In 1955, he was baptized by the Rev. Ray Bebout at the First Christian Church in Newport. While he was teaching at Shorter College in North Little Rock, he became a member of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gillett, Arkansas, in 1969. He was received into the African Methodist Episcopal Church by Presiding Elder C.M. May. The Rev. U. Grant Harvey was pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church at the time. In 1987, he transferred his membership to St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Newport, where the Rev. Jeffery Bernard Hampton was pastor. From 1992 to 1994, his local church membership was with Emory Chapel United Methodist Church in Newport. Licensed to preach in 1990 at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Newport by the Presiding Elder Marcus H. Elliott, he was active in the Newport-Jonesboro District and the East-Northeast Arkansas Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1994 he was admitted to the Conference and ordained an itinerant deacon by Bishop Frederick Hilborn Talbot. He was ordained an itinerant elder by Bishop Talbot in 1996. He served as secretary of the East-Northeast Arkansas Conference during its 1996 session. In 1993, he was appointed pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Marked Tree, Arkansas, and he became pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Blytheville, Arkansas, in 1994. His memberships include the White Rose Club, the Gum Grove Cemetery Association, the Jackson County Black Cultural Association, and the Mississippi County Black Cultural Association. He is also a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He served on the program committee for the annual observances of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Black History Month in Newport, and he was chairman of the Community Service Committee from its organization in 1991. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Willa Black Day Care Center in Newport. James Logan Morgan's Obituary NEWPORT — James Logan Morgan, 70, died at his home in Newport on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. He was a noted and much-loved local historian, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and administrative assistant at Gay Lacy Farms in Newport. Born Sept. 13, 1940, at Oil Trough in Independence County, he was the son of James Logan Sr. and Eva Irene Landrum Morgan. He graduated from Newport High School in 1958 and earned bachelor of arts degrees in history and business from Arkansas College (now Lyon College) at Batesville, graduating summa cum laude in 1962. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Coy Frances Spillman, and is survived by his brothers, Joseph (Paula) and Sam (Phyllis); and his sisters, Minnie Dutton, Paulette LeMay (Mike) and Mary Jane Coats (Johnny); as well as nieces, nephews, cousins and scores of friends. He lived most of his life in Newport and was a charter member of the Jackson County Historical Society, serving as editor of its quarterly journal, the “Stream of History,” from 1964-1980. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Arkansas Genealogical Society from 1974-1989. He published a number of articles on Arkansas history, focused on Jackson County and African-American communities, and compiled many abstracts of Arkansas source materials, which have been published as books. In 1969 while teaching at Shorter College in North Little Rock, he joined the AME church and was licensed to preach in 1990. He was ordained a deacon in 1994 and an elder in 1996 and was secretary of the East-Northeast Arkansas Conference in 1996. Before retiring, he served as pastor of St. Paul AME church in Marked Tree and Bethel AME church in Blytheville. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at Tolerson Funeral Home, 1110 Remmel Ave., in Newport. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, Laurel and 3rd streets in Newport. Pallbearers will be Mike LeMay Sr., Mike LeMay Jr., Jay Morgan, Bill Soden Jr., Stacy Moore and William Otis Marshall. Honorary pallbearers are Gay Lacy, C. Phillip McDonald, Joseph Morgan and Sam Morgan. Burial will follow in the family plot at Maple Springs Cemetery in Independence County. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to the Jackson County Historical Society or the AME Ministerial Alliance.
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