Ben G. Morton^{[1, 2]}

1915 - 2003  (87 years)

• Name	Ben G. Morton
  Born	30 Dec 1915	Blount County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jun 2003  [3]
  Buried	17 Jun 2003	Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I225241	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	James Moses Morton,   b. 7 Mar 1891, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Sep 1929  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Inez Best,   b. 2 Mar 1894,   d. 13 May 1983  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F86130	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ruth Yearout,   b. 10 Sep 1918, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Mar 2005  (Age 86 years)
  Children	1. Joyce Morton
  Family ID	F86127	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Dec 1915 - Blount County, Tennessee Buried - 17 Jun 2003 - Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug 1967. Wanda K. Amburn obituary [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 10 Mar 2005. Ruth Y. Morton obituary [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 13 Jun 2003. Ben G Morton December 30, 1915 - June 13, 2003 Birthplace: Blount County Resided In: Maryville TN USA Visitation: June 16, 2003 Service: June 16, 2003 Cemetery: Grandview Cemetery Morton, Ben G. age 87 of Blount County passed away Friday June 13th 2003 following a lengthy illness. He was a member of Broadway Baptist Church in Maryville. He is preceded in death by father James M. Morton, mother Inez Morton Lambert, brothers Eldra Morton, and James Morton, sisters Nora Miller and Marie Farley. A native of Blount County, he enjoyed a 40+ year career with the Aluminum Company of America as a skilled machinist and foreman. He was a WWII veteran with the 787th Battalion MP, member of the Rockford Masonic Lodge #469 F & AM and the Alcoa 25 year service club. An accomplished mechanic, he specialized in gasoline engines and t v repair. He achieved certified pilot status and was active for over twenty years as a top driver with the Knoxville precision boating team, “The Flying Boatman”, including stints as commodore. He was an active and productive gardner from his youth days at Carpenters Campground throughout retirement. During retirement, he enjoyed traveling all 50 states and serving the Plant City, Florida Strawberry Festival. He was dependable to the very end. A Marvelously talented, entertaining, and caring man, to be sorely missed by his wife of 60 + years Ruth Y. Morton, daughter and son in law Joyce Morton Wiggins and Bob Wiggins. Granddaughter and spouse Kim and Rex Matlock, great grandchildren Cassidy and Keagan Matlock, special nephews Steve and Chris Early, and brother Dale Lambert. The funeral service will be at 8:00 p.m. Monday at McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. George Macht officiating. A masonic graveside service will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Grandview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society. Jill B. Rollins 2330 Chesterfield Dr. Maryville Tn. 37803.