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Gwen Morgan

ots of folks around Lubbock are Gwen was
familiar with Gwen Morgan’s given the
Lfriendly face, but her effect on nickname
this community goes so much deeper “Sunshine”
than her smile. A few of her countless by an elder
friends volunteered observations at church because
about Gwen’s deep-rooted and of her ever-present
dynamic influence on Lubbock. smile, but there is
more to Gwen than her
“Much of who you are in life is positive outlook and
established early. Gwen is the oldest optimistic attitude. She
of three girls who were born four is always proactive in
years apart—in Amarillo, Germany, her willingness to serve
and San Antonio because of the others, and she has
military deployment of their father. tremendous love and
Her father served this country in respect for our country.
Vietnam, and the family was stationed
in many other interesting places, Her grandparents
including Turkey. His last deployment instilled in her the
was to Washington DC, where he virtue of reaching out
served at the Pentagon in the USAF to the less fortunate.
Chief of Staff's office. She witnessed so many
life lessons from her
Despite having lived all over grandmother, who
the world, Gwen had a heart for modeled care and
West Texas because of her love for compassion by starting
her grandparents and the solid a Montessori school Her connections and networking skills
foundation laid for her here. With (long before it was trendy), rescuing are a great asset to our community.
many opportunities to build a life in and raising a child who was lost in the She is a close friend and a sister, and
other areas, she always desired the foster system, and much more. I am a better person because of her,
community she remembered in West and all who know her would echo that
Texas, enough so that she turned Gwen has a heart as big as Texas, sentiment.”
down a full basketball scholarship to and if you were to hear her whole
James Madison University. Her aunt story, you would learn that every ~Tiana Hayslip
and uncle had both attended LCU action, gift, and service she provides
(Lubbock Christian College at the is influenced by a story from her “Lubbock Habitat was blessed the
time), so Lubbock is where she chose upbringing. day our organization connected with
to make her home. Gwen Morgan. Gwen helped Lubbock

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