Transcribed Obituary for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma



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Clara Morton, 73, a resident of Morris, died Monday, 

September 19, 2005 at her home. She was born Thursday, 

October 15, 1931 to Otis and Ermine (Singleton) Wright in 

Lillian, Texas. She graduated from Morris High School in 

1949 and on July 9, 1949, she married Nelson L. Morton in 

Van Buren, Arkansas. Mrs. Morton was a member of the 

First Baptist Church in Morris, where she taught Sunday 

School for many years. 

	She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, 

Faye Cooper, an infant brother: Robert Gene Wright, one son: 

Nelson Morton, Jr. on June 24, 2002 and one granddaughter, 

Jamie Morton on June 2, 1988. 

	Survivors include: her husband, Nelson L. Morton of 

the home; two sons: Jimmy Morton and wife, Karen and Jackie 

Morton, both of Morris; two brothers: Otis Wright and James 

Wright, both of Morris; two sisters: Dell Reed of Big Cabin, 

Ok and Palvene Ashing of Muskogee; seven grandchildren 

and five great grandchildren. Also survived by her friend family 

members: Joe Ed and Robbie Humphrey, Jack and Valta Rae 

Casselman, Lorene Rogers and her late husband, Kenneth.  

	Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 

21, 2005 at the First Baptist Church in Morris with Reverend 

Larry Catcher officiating. Burial will follow the service in the 

Morris Cemetery under the direction of the Shurden-Kelley 

Funeral Home of Okmulgee. 

	Pallbearers will be Pete Belisle, Dan Boydston, Lawrence 

Middleton, Bob Sipple, Stan Strecker, Jerry Wilson. 

	Honorary Pallbearers will be Jack Casselman and Joe Ed 

Humphrey.