Eleventh Generation

6835. John Henry Morton²²⁸³ was born on 28 Oct 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri.²²⁸³ He died on 13 Oct 1995 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi.²²⁸³

From Dawn Beviano:
Occupation:Foreman for the City of Hattiesburg, retired 1985
32nd Degree Mason/ member of the masonic lodge #397 (F7AM) in Hattiesburg
Buried: Sunrise Cemetery, Petal MS
Shriner
Birth, death, parentage and burial are confirmed by copy of death cert.


Birth and place of birth confimred by copy of Social Ser. App applied for in CA Dec 1936
Copy of Obituary
Mortician for Grover Todd in Ottawa County, OK
went to school for heavy equipment
Manager of the Hilton Hotel parking garage, Los Angeles California,
Employed by National Tank & Mfg Co., Los Angeles CA
No children; Named for his paternal uncle JOHN Morton and maternal grandfather William HENRY Vance

John Henry Morton and Margie Owen Leach were married on 25 Mar 1943 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada.²²⁸³ Margie Owen Leach²²⁸³ (daughter of ) was born on 22 Nov 1904 in Pickens, Mississippi.²²⁸³ She died on 10 Jun 1986 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi.²²⁸³

From Dawn Beviano:
1 daughter from previous marriage (williams)

worked in a beauty shop in LosAngeles CA
worked as a nurse LPN in Hattisburg MS

buried in Sunrise Cemetery, Hattiesburg MS

OBITUARY: 12 June 1986 Hattiesburg American
Services will be held at 10am Friday at moore Funeral Home for mrs margie Morton, 82, of Hattiesburg, who died June 10, 1986 at Forrest General Hospital. The Rev. Hershel Wrenwill officiate. Interment will be in the Sunrise Cemetery. Pallbearers will be J.V. Breland, Barry Wiggins, James T. Rouse, Phillip Dossett, Charles Ray Harrington and Lovee Swilley. Survivors include her husband, John H. Morton of Hattiesburg; one daughter, Mrs. Delores Booth of Pascagoula; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one brother Thomas Leech of Pickens; six sisters, Mrs. Evie Leggett of Jackson, Mrs. Nan Sharman, Mrs Josie Taylor, Mrs. Louise Waites and Mrs. Grace Slayton, all of Canton, and Mrs. Dorothy Mason of Eureka Springs, Ark.
Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.