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The Morgans
Tell us about your family.
Brad (54) is the owner of Morgan’s Stone in Brandon.
He enjoys turkey and deer hunting and loves a competitive game of
golf. Prior to his golf game, he spent many years as an accomplished
steer wrestler in professional rodeo.
Ellen (57) enjoys being available for her family and helping them
reach their goals. She is a long time resident of Rankin County and
has a strong background in coordinating special events and advertising
and uses that experience to help promote their family stone
business. She, too, has competed extensively in horse shows and
professional rodeos throughout her life. They have been members of
First Baptist Church of Brandon for nearly thirty years.
Zoe (15) enjoys church, rodeo, cooking, and theatre.
Zayda (15) enjoys church, rodeo, hunting, and dancing.
How did you meet and how long have you been married?
We met in college thirty-seven years ago in the fall of 1988. Brad was
from Oklahoma and I’m from Brandon. We were on the rodeo team
at Southern Arkansas University. We married at First Baptist
Church of Brandon in 1997. In 2008, we had our beautiful twin
girls. We have been married twenty-seven years.
Do you allow time to be with your spouse for a date night?
Yes, it is a priority in our home. Funny thing, when our twin girls
were two years old, they would literally pick out our clothes for date
night up until they were preteens. It was as though they imagined in
their little minds we were going to a glamorous ball of some sort…
and boy what they chose for us to wear! We have admitted later we
would change out of the glamour and into more casual clothes in
the car. We had been married eleven years when the twins came, so
we always believed God was using them to remind us to keep our
marriage a priority during those busy toddler days. We still enjoy
date night. The girls actually enjoy it more since they’re old enough
not to need a sitter.
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