Mary Janet Morgan, 82, of Groesbeck, passed away at Providence Hospital in Waco on Sunday, August 4, 2019. Burial will be at Thornton Cemetery.
Janet was born on March 1, 1937, in Houston, Texas, to the late Chester Lee Goddard, Sr. and Bonnie Rutledge Goddard.
In 1959, Janet was united in marriage with Norman Lee Morgan, whom she had known while they both attended Jefferson Davis High School. He was in the U.S. Army and while they were living in West Virginia, their son Mark was born. After they moved back to Houston, their daughter Tracey was born. They were later divorced, but remained close and were good friends in later years.
Janet worked hard to take care of and support her children on her own, many times working for two or three different jobs at a time. After they were grown, she drove a hot-shot truck for 11 years and traveled all over the country, from New York to Louisiana. She did a lot of the work on her '78 Ford half-ton truck herself and drove over nine hundred thousand miles on the first engine. She had a total of three engines put in the truck while hot-shot driving.
After health problems kept her from renewing her CDL, she worked at Herman Hospital in Houston, as a health care tech for over ten years. She worked in the PICU, where she became really attached to the babies in her care and grieved for any that didn’t survive. After she retired from Herman Hospital, she continued to work in various jobs until suffering a stroke.
While she was still living independently, Janet moved back to Groesbeck to be closer to daughter Tracey. She loved her furbabies and her plants, which she continued to enjoy just looking at and tending to even after moving into the home with Tracey in 2012. Her children saw to her healthcare and she rode the transit bus to Marlin for dialysis for many years, exceeding the doctor’s life expectancy for more than five years.
Her son Mark was her caregiver the last two years, driving over from Teague daily for one year and then moving to Groesbeck to take care of her the last year. Mark and Tracey knew her to be an awesome Mom and an awesome lady who made friends everywhere, especially at Walmart with the pharmacist and plant saleslady.
Janet was preceded in death by a brother, Chester Lee Goddard, Jr; former husband, Norman Morgan; son-in-law, Tootie Howell; and a grandchild, Brianna Buck.
Survivors include her daughter, Tracey Howell and her special friend, Spencer Price, of Groesbeck; son, Mark Morgan and his wife, Becky of Groesbeck; brother, Bobby J. Goddard and his wife, Margie, of Farmington, NM; grandchildren and their spouses: Joshua and Debbie Little, of Big Springs, Jessica and Preston Garlick, of Colorado, Kristi Upton, of Mart, Tori and Brian Armstrong, of Beaumont, Jason Howell, of Waco, Michelle and Adrian Gilliard, of Waco, Terry Buck and his wife, Kyndra, of Riesel, and James Easton, of West Virginia; 26 great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends. V5
Janet was born on March 1, 1937, in Houston, Texas, to the late Chester Lee Goddard, Sr. and Bonnie Rutledge Goddard.
In 1959, Janet was united in marriage with Norman Lee Morgan, whom she had known while they both attended Jefferson Davis High School. He was in the U.S. Army and while they were living in West Virginia, their son Mark was born. After they moved back to Houston, their daughter Tracey was born. They were later divorced, but remained close and were good friends in later years.
Janet worked hard to take care of and support her children on her own, many times working for two or three different jobs at a time. After they were grown, she drove a hot-shot truck for 11 years and traveled all over the country, from New York to Louisiana. She did a lot of the work on her '78 Ford half-ton truck herself and drove over nine hundred thousand miles on the first engine. She had a total of three engines put in the truck while hot-shot driving.
After health problems kept her from renewing her CDL, she worked at Herman Hospital in Houston, as a health care tech for over ten years. She worked in the PICU, where she became really attached to the babies in her care and grieved for any that didn’t survive. After she retired from Herman Hospital, she continued to work in various jobs until suffering a stroke.
While she was still living independently, Janet moved back to Groesbeck to be closer to daughter Tracey. She loved her furbabies and her plants, which she continued to enjoy just looking at and tending to even after moving into the home with Tracey in 2012. Her children saw to her healthcare and she rode the transit bus to Marlin for dialysis for many years, exceeding the doctor’s life expectancy for more than five years.
Her son Mark was her caregiver the last two years, driving over from Teague daily for one year and then moving to Groesbeck to take care of her the last year. Mark and Tracey knew her to be an awesome Mom and an awesome lady who made friends everywhere, especially at Walmart with the pharmacist and plant saleslady.
Janet was preceded in death by a brother, Chester Lee Goddard, Jr; former husband, Norman Morgan; son-in-law, Tootie Howell; and a grandchild, Brianna Buck.
Survivors include her daughter, Tracey Howell and her special friend, Spencer Price, of Groesbeck; son, Mark Morgan and his wife, Becky of Groesbeck; brother, Bobby J. Goddard and his wife, Margie, of Farmington, NM; grandchildren and their spouses: Joshua and Debbie Little, of Big Springs, Jessica and Preston Garlick, of Colorado, Kristi Upton, of Mart, Tori and Brian Armstrong, of Beaumont, Jason Howell, of Waco, Michelle and Adrian Gilliard, of Waco, Terry Buck and his wife, Kyndra, of Riesel, and James Easton, of West Virginia; 26 great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends. V5
Mary Janet Morgan, 82, of Groesbeck, passed away at Providence Hospital in Waco on Sunday, August 4, 2019. Burial will be at Thornton Cemetery.
Janet was born on March 1, 1937, in Houston, Texas, to the late Chester Lee Goddard, Sr. and Bonnie Rutledge Goddard.
In 1959, Janet was united in marriage with Norman Lee Morgan, whom she had known while they both attended Jefferson Davis High School. He was in the U.S. Army and while they were living in West Virginia, their son Mark was born. After they moved back to Houston, their daughter Tracey was born. They were later divorced, but remained close and were good friends in later years.
Janet worked hard to take care of and support her children on her own, many times working for two or three different jobs at a time. After they were grown, she drove a hot-shot truck for 11 years and traveled all over the country, from New York to Louisiana. She did a lot of the work on her '78 Ford half-ton truck herself and drove over nine hundred thousand miles on the first engine. She had a total of three engines put in the truck while hot-shot driving.
After health problems kept her from renewing her CDL, she worked at Herman Hospital in Houston, as a health care tech for over ten years. She worked in the PICU, where she became really attached to the babies in her care and grieved for any that didn’t survive. After she retired from Herman Hospital, she continued to work in various jobs until suffering a stroke.
While she was still living independently, Janet moved back to Groesbeck to be closer to daughter Tracey. She loved her furbabies and her plants, which she continued to enjoy just looking at and tending to even after moving into the home with Tracey in 2012. Her children saw to her healthcare and she rode the transit bus to Marlin for dialysis for many years, exceeding the doctor’s life expectancy for more than five years.
Her son Mark was her caregiver the last two years, driving over from Teague daily for one year and then moving to Groesbeck to take care of her the last year. Mark and Tracey knew her to be an awesome Mom and an awesome lady who made friends everywhere, especially at Walmart with the pharmacist and plant saleslady.
Janet was preceded in death by a brother, Chester Lee Goddard, Jr; former husband, Norman Morgan; son-in-law, Tootie Howell; and a grandchild, Brianna Buck.
Survivors include her daughter, Tracey Howell and her special friend, Spencer Price, of Groesbeck; son, Mark Morgan and his wife, Becky of Groesbeck; brother, Bobby J. Goddard and his wife, Margie, of Farmington, NM; grandchildren and their spouses: Joshua and Debbie Little, of Big Springs, Jessica and Preston Garlick, of Colorado, Kristi Upton, of Mart, Tori and Brian Armstrong, of Beaumont, Jason Howell, of Waco, Michelle and Adrian Gilliard, of Waco, Terry Buck and his wife, Kyndra, of Riesel, and James Easton, of West Virginia; 26 great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends. V5
Janet was born on March 1, 1937, in Houston, Texas, to the late Chester Lee Goddard, Sr. and Bonnie Rutledge Goddard.
In 1959, Janet was united in marriage with Norman Lee Morgan, whom she had known while they both attended Jefferson Davis High School. He was in the U.S. Army and while they were living in West Virginia, their son Mark was born. After they moved back to Houston, their daughter Tracey was born. They were later divorced, but remained close and were good friends in later years.
Janet worked hard to take care of and support her children on her own, many times working for two or three different jobs at a time. After they were grown, she drove a hot-shot truck for 11 years and traveled all over the country, from New York to Louisiana. She did a lot of the work on her '78 Ford half-ton truck herself and drove over nine hundred thousand miles on the first engine. She had a total of three engines put in the truck while hot-shot driving.
After health problems kept her from renewing her CDL, she worked at Herman Hospital in Houston, as a health care tech for over ten years. She worked in the PICU, where she became really attached to the babies in her care and grieved for any that didn’t survive. After she retired from Herman Hospital, she continued to work in various jobs until suffering a stroke.
While she was still living independently, Janet moved back to Groesbeck to be closer to daughter Tracey. She loved her furbabies and her plants, which she continued to enjoy just looking at and tending to even after moving into the home with Tracey in 2012. Her children saw to her healthcare and she rode the transit bus to Marlin for dialysis for many years, exceeding the doctor’s life expectancy for more than five years.
Her son Mark was her caregiver the last two years, driving over from Teague daily for one year and then moving to Groesbeck to take care of her the last year. Mark and Tracey knew her to be an awesome Mom and an awesome lady who made friends everywhere, especially at Walmart with the pharmacist and plant saleslady.
Janet was preceded in death by a brother, Chester Lee Goddard, Jr; former husband, Norman Morgan; son-in-law, Tootie Howell; and a grandchild, Brianna Buck.
Survivors include her daughter, Tracey Howell and her special friend, Spencer Price, of Groesbeck; son, Mark Morgan and his wife, Becky of Groesbeck; brother, Bobby J. Goddard and his wife, Margie, of Farmington, NM; grandchildren and their spouses: Joshua and Debbie Little, of Big Springs, Jessica and Preston Garlick, of Colorado, Kristi Upton, of Mart, Tori and Brian Armstrong, of Beaumont, Jason Howell, of Waco, Michelle and Adrian Gilliard, of Waco, Terry Buck and his wife, Kyndra, of Riesel, and James Easton, of West Virginia; 26 great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends. V5
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