Hugh Whitford Morgan, 79, was born in Huntingdon, Tennessee on February 2, 1937. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1954, and then graduated with an engineering degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point with the class of 1958. Hugh served six years on active duty in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as an aviator, achieving the rank of Captain. After leaving the Army, he attended the University of Tennessee College of Law, graduating with honors in 1967. Hugh practiced law with Kramer, Rayson, Leake, Rodgers & Morgan. He was a skilled trial lawyer with an aptitude for complex and difficult cases. Hugh built and programmed computers long before personal computers became standard office equipment. He enjoyed history, genealogy, nature, and hiking. Hugh died unexpectedly August 10, 2016, during a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with his cherished companion, Heather Crawley.