Reno Evening Gazette Mon. Feb 21, 1916 Hundreds Attend Funeral of W. Morton Former Deputy Sheriff Is Laid To Rest; Sheriff and Deputies Act As Pall Bearers Hundreds of former friends and associates of Walter Morton, who died here last Wednesday accompanied the remains to its final resting place in Mountain View cemetery yesterday afternoon. The services were conducted in the chapel of Groesbeck & O'Brien, Rev. W. D. Trout officiating. The Reno band of which Mr. Morton has been a member for several years accompanied the remains to the cemetery and played several marches. The pallbearers were selected from the sheriff's office and were Sheriff C. P. Ferrel, C. S. Nichols, T. Bennett, Park Wheeler, J. Farrell and G. C. Thomas. The pallbearers contributed a floral piece in the form of a star, which was a symbol denoting the position as deputy sheriff, which was formerly held by Mr. Morton. The casket was banked with other floral pieces. Mrs. F. M. Lee and Mme. Kempre Gailotti sang "Some Sweet Day," and the "Home Land" at the services. Marcena Johnson Thompson RAOGK http://www.rootsweb.com/~nma/damara.htm www.rootsweb.com/~nmahgp/cohms.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmsantaf/index.html www.rootsweb.com/~nmahgp/index.htm www.rootsweb.com/~nma freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nmtombstones/index.htm Volunteer for Dona Ana County, NM