CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - William Oscar Morton, 14 Aug 1994
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Obituary appeared in the Monday, August 15, 1994 Elizabethton Star
 
William Oscar Morton, 75, Rt. 2, Hampton, died Sunday, August 14, 1994, at the
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, following an extended illness.
Mr. Morton was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Loss and Mollie
Johnson Morton.  Mr. Morton was a member and former janitor of the Union
Baptist Church and a retired employee with 45 years of service in the second
unit spinning at North American Rayon Corporation.  He was a U.S. Army Veteran
of World War II.  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Merle Alene Hicks Morton of
the home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Glenda and Doug Ranshaw and Velma and
Glen Tester, all of Hampton, a sister, Dollie Church of Elizabethton; and
three grandchildren, Scot Tester, Travis Ranshaw and Tiffany Ranshaw, all of
Hampton.  Several nieces and nephews also survive.  Tetrick Funeral Home,
Riverside Chapel, is in charger of the arrangements.  Funeral services for
William Oscar Morton, 75, Rt. 2. Hampton, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday
from the Union Baptist Church with Rev. Mickey Ray Beal, Rev. Haskel Ingram
and Rev. Ronnie Campbell officiating.  Music will be under the direction of
the Union Baptist Church Choir.  Interment will follow in the Union Baptist
Church Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Paul Leonard, Richard Tester,
E.C. Vines, Martin Bennett, Jerry Nave, Sam Grindstaff, Arthur Lunceford, Glen
Church, Gene Church, David Campbell and Jimmy Matherly.  Honorary pallbearers
will be the Adult Men's Sunday School Class of Union Baptist Church, Ron
Rierce, Bill Estep, Dewey Hicks, Keith Hicks, Larry Hicks, Sonny Wilson, Troy
White, Jack Ingram, Bill Campbell, Bob Hicks, Harold Rainbolt, Claude
Campbell, Clyde Campbell and James Norris.  The family will receive friends
from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.  Friends amy also call at
the home and at the home of his daughters, Mrs. Glenda Ranshaw and Mrs. Velma
Tester, Rt. 2, Hampton at any time.  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel,
is in charge of the arrangements.

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