Richard David Morgan, age 79, passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023. The funeral services will be held at 12 o'clock on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at Carlisle Funeral Home, 701 Hospital Drive, Tarboro, North Carolina. Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 to 12 o'clock, prior to service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to  Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Foundation, 1414 Physician Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.

David was born February 27, 1944, in Rocky Mount, N.C. He proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1966 to 1969. He truly loved his family and is remembered as a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He was a wonderful cook and enjoyed fishing, crafting, shelling on the beach, and playing games with his family and friends. In the last year of his life, he became active at the Brunswick County Senior Center, where he met many new friends and found new love and purpose with his new wife, Goldie Poindexter Morgan.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Shirley Ann Williams Morgan; his grandson, Christopher Wesley Grooms; his father, Richard Montgomery Morgan; his mother, Ida Gray Morgan; and his sister, Helen Morgan Ange. He is survived by his beloved new wife, Goldie Poindexter Morgan, and family members to include his daughter, Donna Gayle Ott; his sons, Ralph Thomas Walston (Gayle) and Johnny Lewis Lee (Lisa); his grandsons, Nicholas Morgan Todd (Angela), Jonathan Richard Lee (Denise) and Brenton Alan Todd; his brothers, James Edward Morgan (Nancy) and Clarence Morgan (Anita); his sisters, Hazel Morgan Joyner and Betty Morgan Dixon; his sister-in-law, Martha Williams Keel; his brother-in-law, Ronnie Williams; his step-children, Annette Poindexter Bradford (Monty), Malcom Poindexter (Sherry), and David Poindexter; his five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Psalm 27

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is my life's refuge; of whom shall I be afraid? One thing I ask of the Lord, this I seek: To dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may gaze on the loveliness of the Lord and contemplate his temple.