Dot graduated from Santa Monica High School. She married Tom Morgan on May 4, 1983 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1981 - 1988. Dot was a manager with the IBM Corp. She has lived in Shawnee since 1999. She had previously lived in West Palm Beach, FL; Miami, FL; New Orleans, LA; Honolulu, HI; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Dot is survived by her husband Tom Morgan; her two children, Ian Edward Morgan and Kelsey Colette Morgan; mother, Nadine Ferguson of Bakersfield, CA; father and stepmother, James D. and Colette MacDonald of Canon City, CO; twin sister, Aleta Owens; twin brothers, Kendal and Keven MacDonald all of Bakersfield, CA; brother, James MacDonald of Virginia and numerous nieces and nephews.