Onslow County NcArchives Obituaries.....Morton, Lawrence DeLafayette June 22, 1950 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bill Gibson bgibson@uncfsu.edu March 25, 2006, 8:28 pm Jacksonville Daily News Jacksonville Daily News “The World That Gives A Whoop About Onslow County” - Tuesday, June 27, 1950 LAWRENCE D. MORTON Lawrence D. Morton, 78, died at his home near Swansboro Thursday morning. Funeral services were held Friday at 3 o’clock at the graveside conducted by Rev. R. L. Wethington, pastor of the Swansboro Methodist Church. In addition to his wife, he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Lyde Jones, Charlottesville, Va., Mrs. Earle Hughes, Portsmouth, Va., Mrs. Zeta Littleton, Portsmouth, Mrs. Raymond Kellum, Hubert, and Miss Vivian Morton, Hubert; and two sons, Edgar and Robert, both of Hubert Additional Comments: This is Lawrence deLafayette Morton, son of Westley Edward Morton and Marinda Caroline Thomas. His wife was Thalia Alma Freshwater. He was buried in the family cemetery which is now located in front of the Queens Creek Middle School, just outside of Swansboro, NC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/onslow/obits/m/morton162gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb