Claude "Buck" Morgan, 80 of Freeman, Missouri, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 8 at the Freeman Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Freeman Baptist Church.

Buck was born January 30, 1934 in Preston, Missouri, the son of Orlan B. and Eula L. (Crawford) Morgan. He attended Wheatland High School. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1951 where he met his wife, Connie Taber. They were married on March 14, 1953 in Bentonville, Arkansas. They lived in Kansas City for 34 years before moving to Freeman in 1974.

Buck worked for American Rental in Kansas City as a truck driver, retiring in 1988 as a dispatcher. He was a former member of the Teamsters Union. He was a member of Freeman Baptist Church.

Buck was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Herbert Morgan and a son, Claude "Gene" Morgan on October 9, 1998. He is survived by his wife, Connie, of the home; one daughter, Debbie Carter, Harrisonville, Missouri; three sisters, Evelyn Zacharias, Holden, Missouri, Marilyn Long, Clay Center, Kansas and Geraldene Wohler, Wichita, Kansas; 3 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.