Betty Sue (Box) Morgan, age 74, of Devine, Texas passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, in San Marcos, Texas from Alzheimer’s disease. A Memorial Service will be held in the Sanctuary of Trinity Baptist Church, 319 E. Mulberry Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78212 on Friday, January 6, 2023, at 11 AM, followed by a private family burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas.
Betty was born the last of five daughters on April 5, 1948, in San Angelo, Texas to John Burress Box and Mary Ella (Pool) Box. She attended San Angelo State College and graduated from Baylor University. She moved to San Antonio to teach school in the Northeast I.S.D. While in San Antonio, she became a member of Trinity Baptist Church where she met her husband of more than 43 years, Davis “Dave” Delyle Morgan. They moved to Devine in 1972 and raised four children there: Davene Morgan of Dallas, Lindsey Randow (Joshua) of San Marcos, Davis Morgan (Tiffany) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Courtney Sharp (Randy) of Bastrop.
Betty taught school for more than thirty-five years, most of which were spent teaching first grade at John J. Ciavarra Elementary School in Devine. She loved her Savior Jesus Christ, children, and education and positively impacted generations both in her job and through her decades of teaching Sunday school at church. She also helped cook thousands of meals with the Texas Baptist Men Disaster Relief Services mass feeding unit and served on the Emergency Services District board for Devine.
She is survived by her four children, their spouses, and nine grandchildren: McKinley Sharp, June Morgan, Corben Sharp, Maximus Morgan, Brig Randow, Brooklyn Sharp, Asa Morgan, Bryleigh Sharp and Urban Randow. She also survived by her four sisters: Mary Ella Elam of Houston, Jean Caldwell of Dallas, Kay Read (David Anderson) of Cartersville, Georgia, and Judy McElhaney of Charlotte, North Carolina, as well as seven nephews and nieces and numerous great-nephews and nieces. She was proceeded in death by her husband, parents, and three brothers-in-law: James Read, Jack McElhaney, and John Elam.
The family would like to thank the community at Brookdale San Marcos North for loving Betty well during the past seven years. We are grateful for the addition of the compassionate staff of St. David’s Hospice & Family Care over the last months of Betty’s life.
In a final act of love & sacrifice, Betty donated her brain to the University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank through the assistance of the Brain Donor Project (braindonorproject.org). Her gift will be used to help further research into finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a gift to the Trinity Baptist Church Children’s Ministry Camp Scholarship fund https://www.trinitybaptist.org/ or the Devine Education Foundation https://devineeducationfoundation.org/.
Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home, 2001 Ranch Rd 12, San Marcos, TX 78666. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.