Charles G Scouten

Hello; I am an old friend of Karen's from Brunswick, GA who never really knew Charles, but was privileged to have a brief visit with him during the Presbyterian convention in Portland, OR a few years ago during which I learned some remarkable things about him. I knew my father, the Rev. Talbert Morgan had a ministry with his family while I was growing up, but I did not know that Charles, at the tender age of 16, had assumed responsibility for his father's business upon his father's death at a young age, which left his mother and sister without support. I lost touch with Karen when she went to the University of Georgia after high school and met Charles there, and the details of the rest of their lives together was not known to me until that chance meeting in Portland. But I knew through occasional correspondence that they had a happy life together and raised a wonderful family, and I am grateful, remembering the happiness Karen's Brunswick family brought to my childhood, that Charles was able to continue that tradition in his long and happy marriage to Karen. Karen was a blessing to me and many others along the way, and it is clear that Charles was as well. I am sure that the strength of what Charles and Karen created will sustain her and their family in the times to come. Jane Winfield