Born September 23, 1922 in Jarboesville (now Great Mills), MD, she was the daughter of the late William Franklin Pegg and Drucy Gatton Pegg. After graduating from Great Mills High School she worked for a brief time at the Navy Exchange, Longmore's 5 & 10 Cents Store in Leonardtown, MD and she retired from the St. Mary's County Board of Education in 1987.

She is survived by a daughter, Carole Nelson Herbert and her husband Philip of Hollywood, MD, a son, Charles "Chuck" Morgan of Leonardtown, MD, three grandchildren, whom she adored, Johnny Nelson, Christopher Morgan and his wife Farrah and Karla MacRae and her husband Dwane, three great grandchildren, Randall and Jackie Nelson and Promise Morgan and one great great grandchild.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J. Carroll Morgan, two sisters, Helen Strickland and Leona Sanner and three brothers, Richard, Charles and Ralph Pegg.

The family received friends on Sunday, November 18, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. in the Brinsfield Life Celebration Chapel in Leonardtown, MD. A Funeral Service was conducted on Monday, November 19, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in the Brinsfield Life Celebration Chapel. The Reverend Ken Walker conducted the service. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 299, Leonardtown, MD 20650 or the Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 79, Hollywood, MD 20636 or the St. Mary's Nursing Center, Inc., 21585 Peabody Street, Leonardtown, MD 20650.