John Franklin Morgan, son of the late D. H. Morgan and Ethel Stover Morgan was born on July 24, 1932 in Braggadocio, Missouri and departed this life on August 18, 2017 at Magnolia Place Skilled Nursing in Jefferson, Texas at the age of 85.

Mr. Morgan was a Veteran in the United States Air Force.  He was a former employee at First Midwest Bank in Dexter and a member of the Dexter First Baptist Church.

He was united in marriage to Dorothy Baker on December 26, 1950 in Paragould, Arkansas.  She resides of the home in Texas.

Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Judy Lynn Murphy (Daniel), Linda Ramirez both of Jefferson, Texas and Cheryl Baker (Larry) of Richwood, Texas; by one cousin, Johnnie Mae Ramsey; by eight grandchildren, Amy Murphy, Shaun Hunter, Ryan Murphy, Stuart Murphy, Deseree Owens, Morgan Ramirez, Christina Ramirez, and Michelle Owens; eleven great-grandchildren, Ava Hunter, Cora Hunter, David Dussing, Tyler Murphy, Bennett Murphy, Logan Blume, Preston Jorgensen, Rallen Owens, Kara Owens, Weston Conwell and Wyatt Conwell.

He is preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Jim Morgan and Ray Morgan.

Friends may call at the Rainey Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.  Services will be conducted on at Rainey Mathis

Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 2:00 PM. Interment will follow at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery.