Edna Watkins Morton

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CENSUS RECORDS

1910 Census
Name: Edna W Morton
Age in 1910: 14
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: Brazil
Home in 1910: Courtland, Spotsylvania, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Niece
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Samual G Howison 60
Nannie W Howison 48
Margaret M Howison 25
Mary G Howison 23
Nannie W Howison 16
Edna W Morton 14

1930 Census
Name: Edna D Starritt [Sterrett]
Birth Year: abt 1897
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Walkers Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia
Age at First Marriage: 26
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Madison M Sterrett 30
Edna D Sterrett 33
Mary T Sterrett 6
Madison M Sterrett 4

OBITUARY
New-Gazette, Lexington, VA; 28 May 980

Edna Morton Sterrett, 83, of Brownsburg died Sunday morning at her home.

She was born Oct. 28, 1896 in Araguari, Brazil, the daughter of the late Rev. Charles Read Morton and Mary Thompson Morton, Presbyterian missionaries, who died in her infancy. She was reared in the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. S.G. Howison in Fredericksburg.

Mrs. Sterrett was married to the late Madison McClung Sterrett, a prominent farmer and civic leader who died in 1975. The historic Sterrett farm was known in earlier years as Mulberry Grove.

She was a member of the New Providence Presbyterian Church and a graduate of Fredericksburg Normal School.

Mrs. Sterrett is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bruce Alexander Lipscomb of Fairfield; a son, Madison McClung Sterrett Jr.; three sisters [note: they were actually her first cousins with whom she was raised in Fredericksburg], Mrs. J. Brooks Smith of Baltimore, MD, Miss Mary Graham Howison and Mrs. W.T. Stephens, both of Fredericksburg; a half-sister, Mrs. Marion J. Murray of High Point, N.C.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Thomas T. Biggs conducted a funeral yesterday at the New Providence Presbyterian Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Edna Sterrett
SSN: 231-62-0910
Last Residence: 24472 Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia
BORN: 28 Oct 1896
Died: May 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (1963)

Buried:
Grave location, obituary, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63687317

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Edna Morton Sterrett
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 83
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1896
Death Date: 25 May 1980
Death Place: Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia
Registration Date: 30 May 1980
Father: Charles Read Morton
Mother: Mary Thompson
Spouse: Madison Mcclung Sterrett Sr [Jr.]

Edna married Madison McClung Sterrett, Sr.. Madison (son of Madison McClung Sterrett and Annie Laura Smith) was born 01 Oct 1899, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 19 Mar 1975, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Raphine Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Thompson Sterrett was born 26 Dec 1923, Rockbridge Co. VA.
2. Madison McClung Sterrett, Jr was born 10 Nov 1925, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 27 Feb 2013, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Raphine Rockbridge Co. VA.