Ernest Morgan

Ernest Hampton Morgan, 97, left this life on Sunday, January 6, 2019. He was born August 31, 1921 to Hampton Hogan and Myrtle Wilkinson Morgan. Hampton was married for 60 years to the former Alice Mae Wooten, who preceded him in death on January 26, 2007. He was a decorated veteran of World War II serving with the 79th Division in Europe. Hampton was a retired Senior Vice President of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company after 36 years of service. For five summers he taught at the school for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Hampton was a member of New Philadelphia Moravian Church and was the first president of the Winston-Salem chapter of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship. For three years, he and Alice served as co-administrative directors of the Association of Couples for Marriage Enrichment and led many marriage enrichment events. His spirit of volunteerism extended to Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity, Court Volunteers, the Shepherd’s Center, and High Point Regional Health Center. In 1999, he and his wife Alice began Bay Creek Christian Outreach Ministries, Inc. Though it was originally to support an orphanage in Andhra Pradesh province, India, it later expanded into other Christian projects. Surviving are his brother, James Morgan; five children, Marian Shuttlesworth, Hampton Morgan, Jr. and wife Virginia, Beth Manning and husband Jeff, Leslie Duesenberg and husband Timothy and Grace Kennedy and husband Matthew Cox; 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at New Philadelphia Moravian Church with Rev. Joe Moore officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel. A private family graveside service will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.hayworth-miller.com.