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William Dixon Morgan Memorial Award
Born January 25, 1953, William Dixon Morgan, better known as “Billy”, was the youngest of three children and the only son of William T. and Magdeline N. Morgan.
He became an Eagle Scout at the age of 14, and at the time of his death he was instructing Boy Scout merit badge classes in Archery, Marksmanship and Wilderness Survival.
Billy participated in a wide range of outdoor activities and was an avid rabbit, squirrel, turkey and deer hunter. He was an outdoorsman who won numerous awards in both archery and firearms competition. In 1980 and 1981 he won National and State awards for whitetail deer.
On the morning of Tuesday, November 22, 1983, two days before Thanksgiving, life for Billy could be no better. He was doing what he loved most; hunting.
At 8:30 a.m., Billy, who was 6’1” and weighed 185 pounds, climbed a 12” diameter leafless tree, to a limb approximately 10 feet above the ground. He did not know another hunter was in the area. Twenty minutes later the other hunter, failing to identify his target, fired the shot that ended Billy’s life.
At the time of Billy’s death, his mother, Magdeline Morgan, was a member of the Virginia Governor’s Advisory Board. Mrs. Morgan, with the help of other board members and the Governor, began promoting the importance of blaze orange. The law requiring the wearing of blaze orange soon became a reality. Mr. And Mrs. Morgan also wanted to establish a memorial for Billy. At the suggestion of Governor Gerald Baliles, a family friend, the idea of an annual hunter safety award was conceived. So, in 1985 the Governor of Virginia, Gerald Baliles, presented the first annual William Dixon Morgan Memorial Award for hunter safety in Richmond, Virginia at a Virginia Game Department Board Meeting.
Sgt. David L. Dodson
Hunter Education Coordinator
1320 Belman Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-899-4169
Hunter Education Coordinator
1320 Belman Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-
2008 Morgan Award
June 27, 2008
This year’s recipient is a great person and has endured some tough times to participate
in the Hunter Education Program. Although she’s modest by nature and never assumes
that her way is always the best, make no mistake about it, she always has a well planned
year prepared. Fortunately, for the sportsmen and sportswomen of Virginia, the plan in
this case is the promotion of hunter educational opportunities. It’s because of this that
we’re here today; to honor the hunter education instructor of the year.
The recipient began her hunting career with an urge to hunt elk in Colorada in 1981. As she stalked the mountains of Virginia, she found a calling that we all here today share; the desire
to keep the tradition of hunting alive by passing on our knowledge to others.
In 1990, this desire “formally” came to life when she became an instructor for our
Department. She worked hard when she first became an instructor to enhance her knowledge and skills. Since that time, she has trained over 1800 students and logged in excess
of 1000 hours of volunteer service to the Hunter & Outdoor Education Programs.
.
When it comes to teaching hunter education classes, she’s committed. She has earned
both Senior and Master Instructor credentials. She has taken 15 different advanced training classes as a student. As county coordinator, she has been instrumental in scheduling, setting
up and instructing classes & live fire training exercises in one of the state’s most active
counties. In addition, she has assisted in Department-sponsored activities and events across the state including women and family programs, mentoring the youth of her county into the
sport of hunting and many, many other activities too numerous to mention. She’s coached
and sponsored multiple HEC teams; hosted Department-sponsored hunting workshops and
recently, with the help of fellow instructors, organized and conducted the first
Alternative Delivery class in Southwest Virginia.
Her caring heart has led her to work for Social Services as an investigator; she was
recognized by the local paper as the best investigator in the state of Virginia. When she is not filling her time with Hunter Education activities, she works with the youth as a volunteer at her church, educating & introducing them to a lot of love and the great outdoors.
Well, she’s worked hard in her county helping it to earn the title of one the top hunter
education counties in the state. She has worked with the HEC team which has evolved into a group of winners that earned 19 awards this past year. She has also worked with three generations of Game Wardens and the beginning of the era of Conservation Police Officers to earn them recognition for Hunter Education, and today she’s has earned one more thing. As the recipient of this year’s Morgan Award, she is the first Morgan Award winner from Southwest Virginia. So it is with great pleasure and extreme gratitude that I present to you the 2008 volunteer Instructor of the year, from Scott County…
MRS. CAROLYN ELLIOTT!!!
June 27, 2008
This year’s recipient is a great person and has endured some tough times to participate
in the Hunter Education Program. Although she’s modest by nature and never assumes
that her way is always the best, make no mistake about it, she always has a well planned
year prepared. Fortunately, for the sportsmen and sportswomen of Virginia, the plan in
this case is the promotion of hunter educational opportunities. It’s because of this that
we’re here today; to honor the hunter education instructor of the year.
The recipient began her hunting career with an urge to hunt elk in Colorada in 1981. As she stalked the mountains of Virginia, she found a calling that we all here today share; the desire
to keep the tradition of hunting alive by passing on our knowledge to others.
In 1990, this desire “formally” came to life when she became an instructor for our
Department. She worked hard when she first became an instructor to enhance her knowledge and skills. Since that time, she has trained over 1800 students and logged in excess
of 1000 hours of volunteer service to the Hunter & Outdoor Education Programs.
.
When it comes to teaching hunter education classes, she’s committed. She has earned
both Senior and Master Instructor credentials. She has taken 15 different advanced training classes as a student. As county coordinator, she has been instrumental in scheduling, setting
up and instructing classes & live fire training exercises in one of the state’s most active
counties. In addition, she has assisted in Department-
and sponsored multiple HEC teams; hosted Department-
Alternative Delivery class in Southwest Virginia.
Her caring heart has led her to work for Social Services as an investigator; she was
recognized by the local paper as the best investigator in the state of Virginia. When she is not filling her time with Hunter Education activities, she works with the youth as a volunteer at her church, educating & introducing them to a lot of love and the great outdoors.
Well, she’s worked hard in her county helping it to earn the title of one the top hunter
education counties in the state. She has worked with the HEC team which has evolved into a group of winners that earned 19 awards this past year. She has also worked with three generations of Game Wardens and the beginning of the era of Conservation Police Officers to earn them recognition for Hunter Education, and today she’s has earned one more thing. As the recipient of this year’s Morgan Award, she is the first Morgan Award winner from Southwest Virginia. So it is with great pleasure and extreme gratitude that I present to you the 2008 volunteer Instructor of the year, from Scott County…
MRS. CAROLYN ELLIOTT!!!