Onslow-Newhanover County NcArchives Obituaries.....Morton, George Lee February 9, 1978
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THE AUBURN ALUMNEWS
THE AUBURN ALUMNEWS
APRIL, 1978

   George Lee Morton ’32 of Atlanta died February 9 of a heart attack after 
spending some ten hours helping victims of a Greenwood Avenue apartment fire 
get medical aid and find shelter.  Red Cross spokeswoman Barbara Martin said 
that Mr. Morton had been an institution at the Atlanta Red Cross for 37 years.  
He was certified to teach every first-aid course the Red Cross offers and had 
taught literally thousands of people in hundreds of classes.  He was noted for 
his work in safety and disaster programs and spent much of his time in field 
disaster work.  Some of the rescue projects he helped organize include the New 
Hope plane crash and the Toccoa flood disaster.  As chairman of the Safety 
Committee in Cobb County, he was called first in the event of any disaster in 
the area.  A longtime resident of Atlanta, he was active in such associations 
as the Buckhead Men’s Garden Club and the Knights of Columbus.  Survivors 
include a sister, Mrs. Eliza M. Woodward and a nephew, George M. Woodward, both 
of Miami Beach; two nieces, Mrs. John Logan of Louisiana, Mo., Mrs. Robert 
Sedlak of San Bernadino, Calif.; and two cousins, Mrs. William Fortune of 
Roanoke, Va., and Mrs. Ann Thompson of Los Angeles, Calif.

Additional Comments:
This article was forwarded to me by Dorothy Littleton Pefley.  Her mother, Zeta 
Morton Littleton, had lived for a short time with the George L. Morton,Sr. 
family in Atlanta, GA in the late 1920s. Zeta had recounted being chauffered to 
school with George L.,Jr.

George Lee Morton, Jr. was the son of Mildred Gracey Thompson and the grandson 
of Stephen Henderson Morton(originally of Onslow County, NC)

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