Stanley Morgan

Stanley Hoyt Morgan Sr., 63, of Hamilton died April 8, 2023, after a long illness.

Visitation will be noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at Riley Funeral Home, followed by funeral services. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

Stanley was born May 23,1959, in Torrington, Wyoming, to Hoyt Sleeper Morgan and Wilma Lea Burlin Morgan.

He moved to Hamilton as a freshman in high school and graduated Hamilton High School in 1978. He was married to Diane Kreder on May 27, 1978, and they made their home in Hamilton. They had three children, Heather, Hoyt and John. Diane preceded him in death on May 25, 1997.

Stanley never met a stranger. He could talk for hours to anyone about anything. He worked many years for Lone Star Gas Co. He spent a lot of years with the City of Hamilton and could be seen walking all over town reading meters. He later worked for the City of Mc-Gregor.

He was very active with Boy Scouts and helped more than 20 scouts become Eagle Scouts over the years.

He was a long time member of the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department.

One of the things he was most proud of was being in the Army National Guard. He was with units out of Brownwood and Stephenville and retired after 21 years of service.

His hobbies were talking, model airplanes, anything relating to tanks or the military, and rooting for Tom Brady.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Wilma Burlin, wife Diane Morgan and son John Morgan Survivors include his father Hoyt Sleeper Morgan, daughter Heather Hansard and husband Andy and son Hoyt Morgan, all of Hamilton; grandchildren Jaxon Hansard of Stephenville and Ashtyn Hansard, MacKinsy Morgan, Violet Morgan, Scarlett Morgan and John Carter Hansard, all of Hamilton; and brother Daniel Morgan and wife Arlene of Huntsville, Alabama.

Memorial donations can be made to Boy Scout Troop 311 or Hamilton Civic Theatre.

Pallbearers are Andrew Crumrine, William Richey, Paul Gomez, Curtis Bryant, Ray Barnett, Andy Roberts and John Smythe.