Obituary - Larry Morton
Monday, February 9, 2009
Larry Kittrell Morton, 65, retired trainman for CSX Transportation and resident of Dry Fork Road in the Hampshire Community, died Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Williamson Medical Center.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with David D. Davidson officiating. Burial will be in Worley Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com.
The Maury County native was a graduate of Hampshire High School and member of Boy Scouts of America. He was awarded the “God & Country” medal, the highest honor given by BSA.
He served in the Tennessee National Guard and was a life-long member of Cathey’s Creek Church of Christ. For his entire adult life, he raised, trained, and showed Tennessee Walking Horses. He was a member of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association and former member of the Maury County Horsemen’s Association.
He was preceded in death by his father, Charles E. Morton, Jr. in 2002. Survivors include his wife, Linda Williams Morton of Hampshire; daughters, Kelly Sue (Danny) Stinnett of Hampshire and Julie (Dustin) Lewis of Duck River; a son, Ronald Kittrell Morton of Hampshire; his mother, Kathleen Whiteside Morton of Hampshire; sister, Nancy (Mike) Bassett of Antioch; brothers, Charles E. (Linda) Morton, III of Mt. Pleasant and Benny (Brenda) Morton of Hampshire; grandchildren, Samantha Sue Stinnett of Hampshire, Thomas Kyle Lewis and Lindsey Kaye Lewis of Duck River, and Tristan Alexander Cole of Columbia; his mother-in-law, Ruth Cannady Williams of Columbia.
Active pallbearers are Ross Morton, Charles E. Morton, IV, Jeff Whiteside, Glen Whiteside, Harold Delk, Neil Delk, Jason Delk, Brandon Williams, and Michael Grimes.
Honorary pallbearers include Cecil Whiteside, Valton Rummage, Larry Bruce, Charles Tisher, Jim Rodgers, Walter A. Dycus, Barney Cannady, CSX Employees, Dry Fork Friends, and members of Cathey’s Creek Church of Christ.
More Stories |
-
Jack Heffington, President of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association (TWHBEA), has announced that TWHBEA, to serve its members better and promote the Tennessee Walking Horse, has created a new position of Director of Programs and Horse Show Development.
Read More
-
The deadline to report high point corrections is November 19, 2021. Please take a moment to review your records and send any corrections to results@walkinghorsereport.com or call 931-639-2850 by 5:00 PM, November 19, 2021.
Read More
-
This is a notice to all TWHBEA members that late fees for in bound registry work will start back on January 1, 2022...
Read More
-
Read More
-
Due to rain the October 23, WHOA Show is Canceled at the Perry Co. Saddle Club, Perryville, MO.
Read More
-
Virginia Mae (Lang) Diamond (Mrs. W.T. Diamond, Jr.), age 96 of Jackson, passed away on October 18, 2021 in Jackson. Virginia was born and raised in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia...
Read More
-
It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of H. Lindy Rogers, of Griffin, Georgia on October 16, 2021...
Read More
-
As an association we are grateful to those individuals willing to serve at a higher capacity for the betterment of our association and more importantly the Tennessee Walking horse breed...
Read More
-
Joseph Paul Fostek passed away October 5, 2021, at Lewis Gale Medical Facility in Roanoke, VA...
Read More
-
Raymond C. Miller, DVM age 79 of Hartsville, TN passed away Sunday afternoon, October 17, 2021 at his home surrounded by the family he loved so dearly.
Read More
|