Unknown Newspaper
October 1974

Ed W. (Scrappy) Morton, Forney resident, died in the Veterans Hospital in Dallas late in the afternoon of Tuesday, October 15. Funeral services were held from Forney at 10:30 a.m. Thursday with Rev. Jerry Griffin officiating. Interment was in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Forney, under the direction of Anderson-Clayton Funeral Home.

Mr. Morton was born in Forney March 8, 1917. He spent most of his life in Forney, Mesquite and Dallas.

He was a member of the Baptist Church and a veteran of World War II.

Surviving him are: one son, Ed W. Morton, Jr. of Mesquite; one brother, John Morton of Forney; two sisters, Mrs. Cecil Brown of Forney and Mrs. Asa Shanks of Winnsboro; a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.