Dr. Samuel H. Morgan died, Thursday, October 09, 2025. He was the son of the late Samuel H. Morgan, Sr. and Mabel Burleson Morgan. He was a direct descendant of the first Baptist minister of the state of Tennessee, Rev. Jonathan Mulkey (4th great-grandfather) and the third Vice President of the Republic of Texas Gen. Edward Burleson, and was a member of First Families of Tennessee.

He grew up in Greeneville, attended the University of Tennessee, and graduated from East Tennessee State University (BS) and the University of Alabama (MS and PhD).

Dr. Morgan served in the U.S. Army in the 101st Airborne Division and the Nike Missile Development program at White Sands, NM.

He worked for 32 years as an astrophysicist for NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center, AL and at NASA Headquarters,

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