This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOWTON,MORTON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jlB.2ACI/1748 Message Board Post: BARBARA HOWTON MORTON, passed away December 4, 2004. Barbara was born in Mexia, Texas, on May 17, 1925, to Guy and Fleda Howton. She was married to Roy Morton on February 6, 1944, in Houston. They had two children, Diana and Steve. Barbara worked for Texaco, Inc. in Liberty, Texas, for 25 years before retiring. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Diana and Robert Ramsower of Dallas, Texas; son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Sissy Morton of Tomball, Texas. She was Memaw to grandchildren Christy and Robert Perkins; Stacy and Bill Buckley, Jr.; Amy and Jeff Gibbs; and Scott Ramsower. Great grandchildren are Lauren Perkins, Logan Perkins, Katelyn Buckley, and Taylor Gibbs. Preceded in death by husband, Roy; father and mother; and beloved granddaughter Jennifer Leigh Morton. Survived by sisters, Vera Lee Howton and Phyllis Johnson. Also, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Ruth and Buddy Renfrow, Dorothy Jean Morton, and Chester Schroeder, and numerous nieces and nephews.! She and Roy had lived in Tarkington Prairie near Cleveland, Texas, for 33 years before moving to Baytown for 11 years, and then Houston for three years before Roy passed away. The last 2 1/2 years Barbara has lived in Richardson, Texas, in a retirement center to be near her daughter. In Richardson she was a member of First Baptist Church, Richardson, and active in the Goldenaires Senior Church Choir. She was on the Resident Council at her retirement center as the Welcoming Chair and was a volunteer mentor at a local elementary school. Visitation will be Thursday, December 9, 2004, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Earthman Chapel, 6700 Ferris. Burial service will be Friday, December 10, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. at Earthman Bellaire with Rev. Douglas Salser officiating. Entombment: Southpark Cemetery, Pearland, Texas. In lieu of flowers, you may make a contribution to the charity of your choice. Published in the Houston Chronicle on 12/9/2004.