Doris Andrews Morgan

Doris Andrews-Morgan succumbed to Sepsis while battling memory loss, neuropathy, and chronic dry eye November 14. She was born to Gwendolyn and Robert Andrews at Provident Hospital June 19, 1943. The family primarily and proudly resided in Cherry Hill home most of her childhood and teen years. Doris was the best friend, lover, soul mate, and wife to Dr. Ken Morgan for 31 years. He called her Plum, Lily D, Plum, Beautiful Day, Darling Doris, Doris Mae, and Sweetie. Doris also leaves behind her mother Gwendolyn Andrews, Warren Andrews, Ronald Andrews, and Dana Jones, her siblings. Spencer, Stewart, and Rachel born to her brother Warren and his wife, Ellen mourn her loss. As do Sean and Jason, two sons of her brother Ronald. Doris’s father passed away in 2004. She will also be remembered by a host of other family & friends. Doris Mae as a youngster exhibited her learning talents at School 60 and School 49. As a teen, Doris helped to integrate Eastern High School. After graduating from Morgan State University, she won a scholarship to Missouri University. Plum earned a master’s degree in counseling at Johns Hopkins University in 1994. Doris, an all-around woman, played the piano, sang, bicycled, ran, walked, practiced yoga, dabbled in art, and made jewelry. She loved exercise walking with her husband. Doris excelled at helping people. She taught in the public school system. She helped federal district judges provide a humane side to pretrial sentencing and probation. Doris counseled those seeking employment, managed a career development program, and managed national disaster work. Doris retired as an Enoch Pratt librarian. Said her husband. “Sweetie worked hard to overcome scars from the child abuse she experienced. She turned these negatives into superlative positives.” Doris credited part of her overcoming child abuse to Ernestine Michner’s House of Omni, Integrated Awareness - dedicated to healing through God, service to human beings, and loving humanity without strings. People of all ages, shapes, sizes, and colors, as well as animals and plants, loved Darling Doris. Her clients, relatives, friends, colleagues, plants, and her now deceased dog Pierre could attest.

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Doris Andrews Morgan

June 19, 1943 - November 14, 2017