Morgan, Merle H., 86, of St. Petersburg, died Monday (June 11, 2007) at the Allegro at College Harbor. Born in Hensley, W.Va., he came here in 1952 from Bluefield, W.Va., after coaching basketball and serving as a school principal and teacher. He was a former dean of boys and assistant principal at Northeast High School and headed the English department. He later was principal of Dixie Hollins High School, assistant dean of academic affairs at St. Petersburg Junior College and dean of academic affairs at Pasco-Hernando Community College. During World War II he was a cryptographer in the Pacific. He taught abnormal psychology to police departments, including the St. Petersburg department. He received a master's degree from West Virginia University and a doctorate from Florida State University. He was a member of the Westside Optimist Club, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club and St. Peter?s Episcopal Cathedral. He was a former Mason. Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Amundgaard, Syracuse, Ind., and Kathleen Woolums, St. Petersburg; a sister, Lake Hopson, Gilbert, W.Va; two grandsons, Hugh Brett Anderson, Boise, Idaho, and Zachary Woolums, St. Petersburg; and two great-grandchildren. Anderson-McQueen Funeral & Cremation Centers-N.E. St. Petersburg.