Debra "Debi" Morgan

A bright light went out in our family on January 13, 2025. Our sister, and her 3 beautiful sons’ mom, Debra (Debi) Morgan, passed away after a brief fight with pancreatic cancer. If you knew her, you knew she lived like a ray of sunshine entering a room. Everyone she spent time with would feel the energy! Debra, was a woman FULL of life. She cared about almost every person she ever met, and she would become fast friends with almost everyone she ever encountered. That generosity of spirit was contagious falling quickly into conversation, whether they knew each other or not. It was almost a running joke with her children, about JUST how quickly she would get herself drawn into conversations and friendliness with people-- sometimes to our chagrin. She would never turn down a chance to chat up a friendly face--- even if we were in a hurry. Sometimes, she would talk for 45 minutes with someone in line at HEB, and someone else would say "Wow, she was really good friends with that person! How long have they known each other?? and we'd say "45 minutes". In Corpus Christi, she was known by so many people, and if they didn’t know her personally, why they knew her through her family, the Morgans! All 6 of the Morgans graduated from King High School and grew up in the same home. Living to mourn her loss are her mom Betty Ennis Patterson, her sons Jonathan (Sara), Matthew (Lizzy, Michael) and Kevin along with her brothers Ken (Claudette) and Paul (Theresa) and sisters Marilyn, Diana (Bob) and Kim (Don) and her sweet grandchildren Tristan, Lily, Rory and Jr. and many nieces and nephews who she loved dearly. Debra had so many true lifelong friends. It didn’t matter where she was, she could run into an old friend or a friend of a friend-- because that’s just the type of person she was. She made a big impact on a lot of people, and she really brought a lot of smiles. She was down to earth, but she really knew how to shine and make you feel like you were the whole world to her… and you were. Debra lived for 70 years, and we’re pretty sure for at least 65 of them she was making her own brand of trouble & having fun. Debra loved to party, she was a party girl to her core! But not just having a good time herself, she loved to make sure EVERYONE at the party was having a good time too. She even made a Texas Monthly article in the 70s and was photographed at Hippie Hollow in Austin. Pretty cool and not surprising at all. She loved hard, and she lived hard. She was a real person who lived her mistakes as best she could, and she always did things her way, in style. She leaves us better for having been near her, she leaves us all smiling, and better for having been in her light. She would not want us sad but she would want a big party to celebrate life. She was a very passionate soul, and she loved to laugh along with everyone. Debra loved to show up in a flurry of excitement, barely announced, and she was generous to a fault. If she had something you needed, she was there to share, even if she didn’t have much herself. That’s one of the reasons her friends loved her so much. She really made you feel special. Life was hard for Debra, as she grew older but it was on her own terms. She did a wonderful job trying to stay happy, and trying not to take out bitter feelings on others, or stay dwelling in darkness. Debra had the mother of green thumbs, and she always had plants growing-- she could bring almost anything back from the dead, with just a little love. Debra loved art, music, and beautiful extravagant clothing and she especially saw the value of other people. People would LIGHT UP when she talked to them, and she got so much energy from meeting a new soul. To her very last days, Debra was making close close friends. Once you met Debra, you couldn’t forget her. She had a sensitive soul, and she knew what it was to be sad, so she focused her life on being friendly and sociable. She knew many loves in her life, and many knew what it was to be loved back by her. Her 3 sons, Jonathan, Matthew and Kevin are the loves she held most dear. Debra always has loved nature, the sun, and the power of healing. She said she had not one but 2 guardian angels ‘cuz she lived life so big. Her passing saddens us all, but she spent many years in pain, and there isn’t one of us that isn’t glad to see that part come to an end. As we've all joked, Debra had 9 lives-- and she used every last one to the absolute fullest, she may have even borrowed a couple extra too. We all have our stories of Debra, and we invite you all to remember a story someone might not have heard, and tell them to each other. Please come celebrate Debra and have a White Russian on us at Snoopy’s on Saturday April 12 at 5:00. Bring your stories and wear colorful clothes!

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