Morgan Mitchell. Morgan died on November 11, 2018.
His obituary: Harold Morgan Mitchell, Jr., died at home on November 11, 2018. He was born June 2, 1947, in Marietta, Ga, son of Harold Morgan Mitchell and Marguerite Wright Mitchell. As a child he was interested in amateur radio and as a teenager joined the Civil Air Patrol, where his father -- a Lt. Colonel who was stationed on St. Simons Island during WWII -- had long been a member. He attended Southern Tech, studying Electrical Engineering, and had fun as a student radio station DJ.
For most of his career Morgan followed in his father's footsteps, working at Lockheed Martin, but he made time to pursue his favorite hobbies. He enjoyed camping and trout fishing at beautiful spots around north Georgia and pier fishing at Saint Simons, as he had since he was a child. He loved sailing vacations with family and friends, and general tinkering, from rebuilding an old Corvair, to creating a custom RV from a gutted van, to remodeling a 1950s house into a beautiful, modern home. After his retirement he moved to St. Simons Island, a regular family vacation spot since his father had been stationed there. Morgan maintained his love of ham radio throughout his life, volunteering as an emergency operator and using his callsign N4KPP to reach out and make QSOs with other ham radio operators all over the world. He is survived by his daughters, Kelli Mitchell and Lesli Mitchell, and his grandson, Connor Mitchell Spruell, all of Decatur, Ga; his sister, Marilyn, and nephew Mark Clute, of Acworth, Ga; and his nephew Zach McDuffie, his wife, Natazha McDuffie, and their daughter, Taya Tupelo, of Laguna Beach, Ca. A memorial service will be held at Lesli Mitchell's home on Saturday, December 1, at 2:00 PM. His ashes will be scattered off the coast of St. Simons Island; a headstone will be placed alongside his parents at Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery, and a marker will be dedicated in his name at the St. Simons Island Lighthouse courtyard.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Coastal Georgia Historical Society: https://www.coastalgeorgiahistory.org/.
[Shared by daughter Lesli Mitchell, November 25, 2018]
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