SALISBURY - James "Pop" Morton died Monday, March 26, 2018, at Anchorage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury. Born in Landgraff, W.Va., he was the son of the late Professor and Emma Douglas Morton.
He moved to Maryland in the early 1950s and was formerly self-employed as a lumberman for several years. He later became employed with Perdue Farms, retiring in 1985. He was a member of Mills Memorial Baptist Church in Salisbury.
His survivors include six children: Cathy Dismuke, Dorothy Morton, Josephine Waters, Willie Morton, William Morton and Nina Hill, all of Salisbury; a special grandson whom he reared, Charles Morton of Salisbury; 13 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren, five great-great grandchildren; one brother, Pernell Morton of Salisbury; three sisters, Dora Hall and Martha Purnell of Salisbury and Marjorie Anderson of Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
His wife, Evelyn Hughes Morton, died in 2007. He was also predeceased by eight siblings: Joe, Fred, twins Floyd and Lloyd Morton, Doris Morton Jones, Ernestine Morton, Geraldine Morton Lomax and Emma Morton Paige.
A funeral service was held Saturday, March 31, 2018, at Mills Memorial Baptist Church in Salisbury. Interment was in Springhill Memory Gardens in Hebron.