Background
Morgan, Lucy Ware was born on October 11, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Thomas Allin and Lucile (Sanders) Keen.
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Morgan, Lucy Ware was born on October 11, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Thomas Allin and Lucile (Sanders) Keen.
Associate of Arts, Pasco Hernando Community College, New Port Richey, Florida, 1975; student, University South Florida, 1976-1980.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Morgan began her career at the Ocala Star Banner in 1965, and moved to the Saint St. Petersburg Times in 1968. In another case, in 1973, she was convicted of contempt for refusing to disclose a confidential source. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 1976.
In 1982 she was a Pulitzer finalist for her investigation of drug trafficking in north central Florida counties.
She became Capital Bureau chief in Tallahassee in 1986 and later worked on special projects and as a columnist. A 2012 All Things Considered profile described Morgan as " an institution in Florida".
Seven years after her first announced retirement led to a continued active reporting career, she announced her full retirement in January 2013. Morgan was inducted into the Florida Women"s Hall of Fame in 2006.
In 2005 the Florida State Senate renamed its press gallery in her honor.
Married Alton F. Ware, June 26, 1958 (divorced September 1967). Children: Mary Kathleen, Andrew Allin. Married Richard Alan Morgan, August 9, 1968.
Children: Lynn Elwell, Kent Morgan.