Graveside services for Mary Alverne Hood Morton Age 99 of Ruston, LA, will be held Monday, October 27, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Kilpatrick’s Memorial Gardens in Ruston under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. Officiating the service will be Rev. Dale Oden. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 10:30 to 11:00 at the Cemetery.
Alverne was a faithful member of Temple Baptist Church and active member of her Sunday School. She was Nursery Director at Temple Baptist Church for many years. She loved to garden and was a North Louisiana Master Gardener.
Preceding her in death are her husband of almost 70 years, J. W. Morton, her parents Albert and Mary Bell Minter Hood; her daughter, Suzy Morton Hill; and her son, Steve Morton
Left to cherish her memory are her son, Mark W. Morton and wife Eileen M of Muleshoe, TX, her daughter, Rebecca Morton Howard of Ruston, LA; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and 2 great- great- grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be John Allen, Daniel Garbarino, Jr., John Lane Wilson, Norman Hanes, Joe Mitcham, and Mark W. Morton.
The family would like to give a special thanks to these for their loving hands and caring hearts and generosity of spirit; Dawn Mack Lee, Joan King-Abner, Diane Michels, Sonya Gray, RN, Mary “Muffin” Edwards, CNA, and the entire staff of Premier Hospice as well as the staff of Magnolia Home Health.
In lieu of flowers the family asked that memorials be made to Outdoor Wilderness Learning Center or 4 Paws Rescue Center.
