Zackary Paul Morgan

Zackary Paul Morgan, 63, Altus, passed away on March 5, 2015 at his home. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Monday, March 9, 2015 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Altus City Cemetery under the direction of the Kincannon Funeral Home. Zack was born Paul Edward Morgan on December 31, 1951 in Mangum, Oklahoma to Milford Deloyce "Dee" and Irma Jo (Trout) Morgan. He grew up in Mangum and graduated from Mangum High School with the class of 1971. He enlisted in the Oklahoma National Guard and served from 1971 - 1978. He married Judy Killian in Wellington, Texas on August 18, 1977. Zack attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma where he received his Bachelor's of Industrial Arts and an Education Degree in 1980 and his Master's Degree in 1983. He was a gifted athlete and was named to all district football twice. He was a horseman and was on the SWOSU Rodeo Team where he was a steer wrestler, calf roper and bronc rider. He was a member of the Mangum Mounties, District 151, and the Grand National Horseman’s Association where he served as president. He was employed with the Altus Public Schools for 31 years, retiring in 2011. He started at Rivers Elementary and later taught math at Altus Middle School and the Altus Alternative School. Zack loved coaching and was the Junior and Senior High Tennis Coach for a number of years. He was listed as the Jackson County Favorite Coach for the Altus Times Reader's Choice. It was during this time he became a professional tennis coach and was a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association. As a teenager, he worked with his father and brother in the cotton gin/repair and supply business and on the farm which started his love for farming. For the past 20 years, he has worked with Bush & Sons Farms where he became an integral part of the farming operation. He never lost his “love for woodworking especially turning”. Upon his retirement from teaching, he returned to this passion and was named Woodturner’s Resource featured turner of the month in January 2013. He marketed his products to boutiques and interior design stores across north Texas and Oklahoma. Zack was a member of the First Baptist Church. With all his accomplishments and passions, his greatest was his love for his wife and son. His father and a niece, Kayce Morgan, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Judy, of the home; a son, Cole Morgan and wife, Amanda, of Oklahoma City, OK; his mother, Irma Morgan of Altus, OK; three siblings, Kay Parsons and husband, Larry, of Wewoka, OK, Robert Morgan and wife, Teri, of Austin, TX and Jane Uecke and husband, John, of Lorton, VA; a sister-in-law, Tonya Worbes and husband, Fred, of Altus, OK; several nieces and nephews including Trent Staton, Tara Coffman, and Brad Morgan; and a host of family and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 1848, Longmont, CO 80502.