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Submitted: 10/28/19 • Approved: 10/28/19 • Last Updated: 10/31/19 • R1280641-G1280639-S3
Hansell
September 1, 1923 -- September 27, 1970
Ernestine
October 6, 1929 - August 20, 2019
Ernestine C. (Covert) Morton October 06, 1929 - August 20, 2019
Ernestine C. Morton, 89, of Ozark, Arkansas died Tuesday, August 20, 2019 in Ozark. She was a retired Administrator at Ozark Nursing Home, a Charter member of the Ozark Recreation Association, and a member of First Methodist Church in Ozark. She was born October 6, 1929 in the Greenwood Community, Arkansas to Ernest and Mary Elizabeth Martin Covert. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hansell Wayne Morton; her parents; and six sisters, Daisy Detherage, Ruth Covert, Pauline Loveless, Etta Ross, Lorraine McConaghey, and Georgia Moore. Ernestine is survived by a son, Jerry Morton and wife Lori of Heath, Texas; two daughters, Jan Hammond of Branch, and Mary Ann Morton Hopkins of Ozark; eight grandchildren, Casey Beavers, Jared Hammond, Alexa Morton, Hannah Cave, Meredith Wells, Mallory Sims, Makayla Sims, and Madeline Sims-Edwards; and five great grandchildren. Family will visit with friends from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Wednesday, August 21st at Shaffer Funeral Home, 2315 W. Commercial St. in Ozark. Funeral service will be held 4:00 PM Thursday, August 22, 2019 at Shaffer Funeral Home Chapel and burial at Highland Cemetery under direction of Shaffer Funeral Home. Serving as pallbearers are Jared Hammond, Billy Wayne Mullen, and Newton, Don, David, and Jack Shaffer. Honorary pallbearers are the Employees of Ozark Nursing Home and staff from the 400 wing.
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