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Howard E Morton 1942 - 1989

Howard Eugene Morton of Springfield, Page County, Virginia United States was born on December 8, 1942 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, TX, and died at age 46 years old on December 1, 1989 at Patuxent River, Maryland. Howard Morton was buried at Crestview Cemetery, Wichita Falls, TX.

Howard Eugene Morton

Springfield, Page County, Virginia 22835, United States

December 8, 1942

Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States

December 1, 1989

Patuxent River, Maryland

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12/8

1942

Birthday

December 8, 1942

Birthdate

Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas United States

Birthplace

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Military Service

A veteran, Howard served as a CW 4 in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. His enlistment ran from January of 1966 through December of 1989.
Personal Life & Family

Howard Eugene Morton was born on December 8th, 1942 in Palo Pinto County, Texas to Staff Sergeant Joseph Brown Morton (1909 - 1994) and Irene Marie Hoeffner (1919 - 2013) and he had one brother, Billy Wayne Morton (1944 - 1966). Howard E. Morton married Linda Irene Graham on June 25th, 1966 in Harris, Texas. Howard had children James Clifton Farrar, Kimber Leigh Farrar, and Marla Michele Morton. See Memory about Howard E Morton and Howard E Morton: Obituary.
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1989

Death

December 1, 1989

Death date

Army plane crash.

Cause of death

Patuxent River, Maryland
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Crestview Cemetery, Wichita Falls, TX
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Obituary

HOWARD MORTON Howard E. Morton, 46, of Springfield, VA, formerly of Wichita Falls, died Friday in Cleveland, MD. Services are pending with Owens and Brumley Funeral Home. Morton was born Dec. 8, 1942, in Mineral Wells, Texas. He was a pilot with the Army. - Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas) Thursday, December 7, 1989 on page 4.

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Howard E Morton lived 27 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 46.

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CW4 Howard E. Morton was a son to Joe and Irene Morton. He was a former husband of Barbara Morton Waites. He was a father to James Clifton Farrar, Kimber Leigh Farrar, and Marla Michele Morton. He served in the Army for almost 27 years, and was killed in an Army plane crash on December 1, 1989, at the age of 47. He also served as a Texas Highway Patrolman from 1966 through 1968, before returning to the Army after his younger brother, Billy Wayne Morton, was killed Viet Nam. He was a very handsome man and well liked. He will always be remembered by those who loved him.

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