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Willie Elizabeth Morgan McKemie (“Willie Beth”), 91, retired office manager for Wheeling Pipeline, Inc., died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Baton Rouge General Hospital, Baton Rouge, La.

She was born in El Dorado on Nov. 22, 1916, to Stoke Morgan and Olive Justiss Morgan.

Visitation will be held from 8:30 until religious services at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Young’s Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Arlington Cemetery in El Dorado with the Rev. Pam Brule officiating.

Survivors include four nephews, Marvin O. Morgan and his wife, Marlene, of Prairieville, La., William T. “Bill” Morgan and his wife, Frances, of Houston, John Richard Morgan and his wife, Lillian, of Gonzales, La., and John Morgan Jr. and his wife, Gayle, of Shreveport, La.; three nieces, Ann Morgan Jones and her husband, Kenneth, of Fort Worth, Texas, Barbara Morgan Watt of Fort Worth, and Wendy L. Morgan of Shreveport; and numerous great nieces and nephews, including Cindy Morgan Amedee and James S. Morgan, of Prairieville, La.

She was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, James T. McKemie; mother, Olive Justiss Morgan; father, Stoke Morgan; and brothers, Thomas, John and Lloyd Morgan.

Auntie was a wonderful artist, gardener, candy-maker, and volunteer. She had excellent taste and admired all things beautiful. She loved color, flowers, traveling, Buick automobiles, and kitty cats. She was the Emily Post of our family and taught many of us how to mind our P’s and Q’s. Moreover, she had a lovely knack of making the most ordinary seem extraordinary. She was a founding director of the Arkansas Oil and Brine Museum at Smackover (now the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources), having been appointed to consecutive terms by former Gov. Bill Clinton. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of El Dorado and a former member and officer of the El Dorado Desk and Derrick Club, South Arkansas Arts Council, Ladies Hospital Auxiliary, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, and numerous other clubs and organizations.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 201 S. Hill St., El Dorado, AR 71730, or a charity of your choice.

An online guest registry is available at www.youngsfuneralhome.com.