Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I want to say that my sympathy goes out the Cotton Morgan’s family, friends, and co-workers. I worked at Brush Mt. Correctional Complex –Morgan Site for 2yr and had the opportunity to meet Cotton. He is going to be missed by all. May God bless all the family and friend and co-workers.

EMT-IV
Morgan Co. EMS

August 10, 2005

My thoughts go out to the family of Officer Morgan. Please know that we grieve with you in this terrible time.

Probation and Parole Office II
TBOPP

August 10, 2005

The world in which we live requires a watchman on the wall at all times to protect those who would otherwise be victims. The service Cotton Morgan gave to his fellow citizens as a watchman can never be measured but will never be diminished. Our prayers go out to his family at home and his family at TDOC. Thank you for your service, Cotton.

Gary Tullock, Director of Field Services
Tennessee Board of Probation and PArole

August 10, 2005

To officer Morgan's family, please know that our hearts and prayers are with you. This life is brief at best, but may you take comfort in knowing that all who are made new through Christ will be together for eternity.

Verily,verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. John 6:47

Patty Aanderson
Morgan Co. Citizen

August 10, 2005

My prayers are with the family, friends and coworkers of Off. Morgan. I pray that the two murderers are caught and brought to justice soon as well.
Off. Morgan was a member of the L. E. community to whom we shall be forever indebted. He died a hero, trying to keep his community safe. The L. E. community will not rest until his killers are caught.
To the family I say that God loves you and He knows your pain. May His Spirit be with you in this terrible time. God bless.

Officer/Chaplain R. Dean Pesnell
Birmingham AL Police Dept.

August 10, 2005

I cannot begin to speak of how saddened I am about the loss of C.O. "Cotton" Morgan. I am employed by the Tennessee Board of Paroles and I know that I speak for many of my co-workers, especially those of us with many years of service who formerly worked for the Department of Correction, when I say that we have lost one of our brothers. Please know that we are all grieving with the family in their time of loss.

Dee Massey
Tennessee Board of Paroles

August 10, 2005

Brother you and your family have made the ultimate sacrifice. Rest in peace.

Detective Jason Gill
Sedgwick Co. (Kansas)

August 10, 2005

May God be with you always...I am so sorry for your loss.

Susan Jones

August 10, 2005

Yesterday when a officer at brushy called me to tell me the detailes about the shooting. I can't explain the way my heart just seem to fall,I wept, as he told me the murder of Cotton Morgan,my friend and brother through the occupation we chose.
I just didn't want to except It.As we talked I turned on the TV,reality hit me hard.Cotton was a exceptional officer and friend,and wouldn't have a second thought of giving his life to save another officer,you see thats the way it is working at Brushy,we had a bond with each other.we eat,hunted,fished,prayed and fought for each other togather.A lot of time people would misteak me for Cotton,I recall once at cottons house we were out with his rabbit dogs and his wife even mistook me for cotton from the house,we got a laugh out of that.Cotton was a bee keeper and I always bought honey from him until I moved.Cotton was a man tracker,he and his partner were the best in TN.he trained a lot of new buddies,and taught them security,I'm one of them.I pray for cottons family ,he loved them so.and for all the employees and officers at Beushy MTN. Prison,AND THE Morgan CO. Annex.AND THE COMMUNITY WHERE HE LIVED.Cotton Morgan's shoes can't be filled.Knowing cotton was a Christian lets me know where he is and I'll see brother cotton again. someday,

Marshel Miller,SGT.Disabled Line of Duty
Brushy Mtn.ST.Prison

August 10, 2005

We are so sorry for your loss. God bless you all. May you always know that he will watch over you and protect you.

August 10, 2005

Often we forget about those officers who patrol the "beat" inside the walls of incarceration facilities and have charge of inmates for a short period outside the walls of the institutions for things like trial escorts, etc. they are are also at great risk as was evidenced in the tragic death of Correctional Officer Morgan.

My prayer is for the family, relatives, and friends of Officer Wayne Morgan. May you "lean on Jesus' everlasting arms" and comfort one another in the time ahead.

Police Officer Jack H. lanier, Jr.
Longview (TX) Police Dept.

MSgt. USAF Reserve (currrently on active duty in the Persian Gulf region for the Global War on Terror)

Police Officer Jack H. Lanier, Jr.
Longview (TX) Police Dept.

August 10, 2005

To the Family and Friends and co-workers of Officer Wayne Morgan, my heartfelt sympathy and prayers are with you during this difficult time. I am the wife of a retired Philadelphia Police Officer and mother of a young Philadelphia Police officer and know too well of the dangers that confront our officers everyday of their lives. To Officer Morgan, God Bless You and thank you for all your hard wark in protecting the citizens of Tennessee. You gave your life and made the ultimate sacrifice and you will never be forgotten. You and your family will be in my heart, thoughts, and prayers. God bless you always and Rest in Gods love and peace. Respectfully, Kathi Halligan, Phila., PA.

August 10, 2005

I am so sorry for your loss. God bless each of ya'll, and we will remember you in our prayers.

Franklin Parish Resident

August 10, 2005

Officer Morgan,

As anyone in the world of Corrections knows, it takes a special kind of man to patrol the beat inside the fence. Not everyone is brave enough to work in an environment where 100% of the population are convicted criminals. For those of us that do we accept the risks that go along with it. That still doesnt lessen the pain of your loss, when a Brother Officer falls, it takes something away from the rest of us. I have never met officer "Cotton" Morgan, but when I heard the news I was moved to tears, a brother has died, now its up to the rest of us to pick up his sword and continue the fight. Rest in Peace Officer Morgan. We shall honor your memory here on earth, and then when our troubles are over we shall meet in Heaven. See you in Valhalla Brother.

Correctional Officer Brian Yount
St. Mary's Co. Sheriff's Office

August 10, 2005

May your memories of your loved one cover your sadness and emptiness in this time of need. May God bless each and everyone of those who have suffered this tragic loss.

Daniel A. Isbill, PPO2
Board of Proabiton and Parole

August 10, 2005

May the lord bless you and your loved ones.Thank you for your service, and god bless the Tennesse dept. of corrections.

Officer Allen Raposo
Rhode Island dept. of Corrections

August 10, 2005

I have worked with Cotton Morgan for 20 years. He has always been a very good friend. Cotton would help anyone whom he felt needed help. He was a true practicing Christian. He was always the same no matter where you met him. He is well loved by all here and will be missed greatly. His shoes will never be filled. They can hire another officer but his shoes will remain empty.

Faye Jeffers RN, AHA
TDOC/BMCX

August 10, 2005

Our hearts go out to the family, friends and co-workers of this brave heart. By all accounts, Officer Morgan was a man of deep faith in Christ. The notice left on this site by the former inmate whom he helped is most telling. I pray that it comforts Officer Morgan's family to learn that Cotton shared his love of God with others, as Jesus teaches us to do, in such a meaningful way. I pray I can follow God's teachings half as well.

Julie Crist, Parole Officer
TN BOPP, Clinton field office

August 10, 2005

Our hearts go out to the family, friends and co-workers of this brave heart. By all accounts, Officer Morgan was a man of deep faith in Christ. The notice left on this site by the former inmate whom he helped is most telling. I pray that it comforts Officer Morgan's family to learn that Cotton shared his love of God with others, as Jesus teaches us to do, in such a meaningful way. I pray I can follow God's teachings half as well.

Julie Crist, Parole Officer
TN BOPP, Clinton field office

August 10, 2005

In rememberance of a man that many of us had met in the performance of his duties. We grieve with your family and co-workers on their loss. Your sacrifice to your job was the ultimate, never to be forgotten.

Dawn Hodge-Burian, Manager
Tn. Board of Probation and Parole

August 10, 2005

The Well Diggers

A woman stood by a well that had been dug by her ancestors many generations before. A man she had never seen came along and asked her for a drink from the well. She asked the petty question of why a Jew would talk to a Samaritan and a woman at that. As the conversation progressed he offered her a drink of his water. She scoffed because he had nothing to draw the water with. He had even called his water “Living Water” and explained to her that his water would make her a well that sprang from whoever drank it forever.
Two millennium later a man drank of this living water passed on by his ancestors, and it still works. This man’s life became such a well that is rarely seen or even heard of today. People he had never met were offered water from his source and it never ended being available.
Another man came along who was also offered that living water and he covered up the well. He thought that would be the end of this man’s love for others. He could be right if all those who received from him water from his source were to keep this gift for themselves. Imagine how this water could become a rushing river of love if all of us who received from him uncovered our well and let it flow to those who happen by us.
We lament as we cover the well digger with the earth he has inherited in his death. The woman mentioned earlier ran to the town and told others who she had met. She didn’t go to be remembered, she went because she was alive finally.
Digging a well isn’t easy, but the internal resources it gives as we drink of it make us alive and we go because we are alive.
Can a lament turn to a joy? If you uncover the well that Cotton dug in us.

John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Psalm 37:9 Those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth

Joe Cricthon, Chaplain - BMCX
Tennessee Dept. of Correction

August 10, 2005

We are so sorry to hear of this tragedy and pray for Wayne that he might find peace in heaven. We also pray for those who survive. We pray that those responsible are caught and held accountable for this heinous act. We dedicate our day to Wayne's memory.

Chief of Police Charles R. Orth
Larned, Kansas Police Department

August 10, 2005

I am sorry to hear the loss. This is an emotional time for everyone. Let's pray for the family in their time of loss. And I do hope soon that they catch the convicts that did this.

Davonna McGill
University of Tennessee Police

August 10, 2005

brother, your killers will be brought to justice...all of your brothers and sisters in le mourn your loss but we will continue in our duties...You are missed and remembered
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God

August 10, 2005

COTTON YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS, COWORKERS AND ESPECIALLY YOUR FAMILY. FOREVER IN MEMORY

CUMBERLAND COUNTY 911

August 10, 2005