Henrietta Rosson Morton, 92, widow of the Reverend Dr. Ted R. Morton, Jr., died Saturday, September 26, 2026, at her home, after a long, wonderful and productive life.

Mrs. Morton, the only child of Etta Coleman Allen Rosson and Braudie Herndon Rosson, Jr., was born June 12, 1934, at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. Her parents resided in North Augusta at the time, and she lived there until November 1940, when her father, a World War I veteran, entered a VA Hospital. At that time, she and her mother moved to Shelton in Fairfield County, her home until she entered Columbia College after graduating from Monticello High School (Salem Crossroads, Fairfield County) in 1951.

Mrs. Morton graduated from Columbia College, Magna Cum Laude, in 1954, with a B.S. degree having majored in History and English. She completed her college studies in three (3) years, as she had also done in her high school studies.

On August 20, 1954, Mrs. Morton married Ted R. Morton, Jr., who had just completed his first year of study in The Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC. Their wedding took place in historic Liberty Universalist Church in Fairfield County. Dr. R. Wright Spears, President of Columbia College, performed the ceremony; he and she would tell friends they both entered Columbia College as Freshmen in August 1951, she as a student and he as the new College President.

From September 1954 until June 1956, Mrs. Morton lived in Durham, NC, as Dr. Morton completed his second and third years at Duke Divinity School. During her Durham years she taught English at Durham High School. In September 1956, she moved to Fort Benning, GA, to begin five (5) years of service with the Third Infantry Division, incurred by Dr. Morton's Army Commission through the ROTC program at Wofford College. In April 1958, Henrietta, with Ted and one year old son, Kent, moved to Bamberg, (West) Germany. While in Germany she taught at the Army Education Center in Bamberg. Although post-war Europe was divided by the "Iron Curtain" at the time, she traveled extensively visiting eleven (11) countries. Henrietta's daughter, Teddi, was born in April 1959, at the US Army Hospital, Nuremberg, Germany. Later she enjoyed assisting her mother (who visited with her from December 1959 until March 1961) in discovering Europe with both family travel and tours conducted by US Army Special Services.

Mrs. Morton returned to the States in April 1961, as Dr. Morton left Active Duty with the US Army and was appointed Assistant Minister at Shandon Methodist Church, Columbia. While living in Columbia, she began working on a master's degree in the Department of International Studies, University of South Carolina. Henrietta's son Bill was born in 1962, in Columbia. In 1964, she was named one of ten outstanding young women in South Carolina.

Mrs. Morton moved from Columbia to Aiken County as Dr. Morton served Bethel Methodist Church in Jackson and Wesley Chapel Methodist Church near Beech Island. She was called to teach at Jackson High School, filling a vacancy that occurred in January 1966.

When the SC Conference of the United Methodist Church undertook development of Greenwood Methodist Home (now "Wesley Commons") in 1968, Mrs. Morton moved to Greenwood as Dr. Morton began that work. She served in numerous Church offices as a member of Main Street United Methodist Church, Greenwood. Alongside her husband, and at the request of Greenwood's then Mayor, the late John Nave, she participated in creating the Greenwood County Council on Aging (now Piedmont Agency on Aging), establishing operation of a "Meals on Wheels" program for senior citizens, and the Greenwood Senior Center. In November 1978, a special Resolution from the Council acknowledged her years of service, which culminated in her role as Executive Director of the Greenwood Senior Center.

Mrs. Morton's interest in both National history and family history led to more than 65 years of service in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She served as SC DAR Society Flag Chairman, DAR State Chaplain, State Vice Regent, and from 2000 to 2003, served as DAR State Regent. She served in numerous offices in the Star Fort Chapter of SC DAR and also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Tamassee DAR School. In 2003, she was elected a Vice President General of the National Society and served for three years on the DAR National Board. In September 2003, the House of Representatives, SC General Assembly, issued a Resolution commending her DAR service and contributions in Greenwood and South Carolina.

Concurrent with her DAR service she held membership in the Daughters of 1812 and Colonial Dames, and served as an Officer of the Coleman-Feaster-Mobley Family Association assisting in preservation of historic Liberty Universalist Church, Antioch Methodist Church, Feasterville Academy and three family cemeteries, all Fairfield County properties owned and maintained by the Family Association. For 25 years she edited GRAB ("Genealogical Roots and Branches") quarterly newsletter of the Old Ninety Six (District) Chapter of the SC Genealogical Society in which she was a principal participant.

Mrs. Morton is survived by her three children, Kenneth (Kent) Patterson Morton; Theodora (Teddi) Rosson Morton Miles; and William (Bill) Spencer Morton, II., three grandchildren Kristen M. Walden, Megan K. Miles and James Rosson (Ross) Miles, and six great-grandchildren, Ethan Brock Anderson, Edward Blake Anderson, Eli Bryce Anderson, Cora Stassaline (Stassi) Miles, Michelle Jade (MJ) Miles and William (Liam) James Miles.

Mrs. Morton often said that one of her greatest accomplishments in life was choosing the man she married and was most elated that "he picked me!". He was not only her husband, but her best friend, and the love of her life. Their marriage was a cherished gift, and the life they built together was something she held close to her heart. She has dearly missed his presence and has reminisced daily about their almost 75 years of life together. They made a wonderful team in all that they did - always there for each other, to pitch right in for whatever cause the other had.

Memorial contributions may be made to The SC United Methodist Foundation, Post Office Box 5087, Columbia, SC 29250-5087 and designated for the Henrietta R. Morton Scholarship Fund (benefitting Columbia College students).

A memorial service will be announced at a later date, with a private burial at Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia. 

The family is at the home in Greenwood.