14 May 1925 to 14 February 2016
Peggy Morgan was born Margaret Mary Ferguson in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1925 to George and Margaret Gordon Ferguson. During World War II, she was called upon to help raise money for Spitfire aircraft and volunteered with the Ambulance Auxiliary and the American Red Cross on Princes Street in Edinburgh.
At the resolution of the war, Peggy joined the British Foreign Office, training at Bletchley Park. She was sent to the Control Commission for Germany and served as the PA to Major General Semple, the officer in charge of all Allied communications. She rose to the equivalent military rank of an army captain. Peggy was present at many cabinet meetings and witnessed the early stonewalling of the Soviets.
At an evening dance at the Frankfurt am Main officers’ club in 1948, she and her friends were delighted to find spring onions for the first time since the outbreak of the war. Suddenly, a young American major and Alabama native asked her for a dance. Peggy, who loved to dance, agreed but turned her head sideways to avoid blasting the poor fellow. “Damnit,” James M. Morgan said, “I saw you eating those onions from across the room.”
She and Jim were married on February 11, 1949 at Kronberg Castle outside of Frankfurt and were married 32 years until his death in 1981.
Peggy was a fixture in Birmingham’s St. Andrew’s Society, giving the annual Toast to the Haggis. She was dedicated to many organizations including the American Cancer Society, Salvation Army, and the Daughters of the British Empire. She was a founding member of the Montclair Hospital Auxiliary and was an avid member of the Mountain Brook Country Club, the Country Club of Birmingham, and the 59 Forever Tennis tournament.
She is survived by her son, Ashley Martin Morgan, daughter, Kim Karin Morgan Jemison Day, and son-in-law, H. Corbin Day and numerous step grandchildren, step great grandchildren, dogs and cats.
A funeral service will be held at Independent Presbyterian Church at 11:00 am on Thursday, 18 February. A family graveside will follow in Thomasville, Alabama.
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