Individual Details

Zora Lorena "Rena" Comstock

(28 Jul 1900 - 18 Dec 2003)



Marriage record: Lester Morton, age 24 to Rena Comstock, age 20. 7 Nov 1920, J. A. Parker, JP.

1930 Census. Long, Sequoyah Co, OK, Hh 296
Lester Morton, 38, married at age 20, b. OK, Laborer, Tie maker
Rinie, wife, 29, married at 19, b. AR
Nova, dau, 15, b. OK (daughter of Lester's 1st wife)
Otis, son, 8, b. OK
Elsie, dau, 5, b. OK

1940 Census. Long Twp, Sequoyah, OK, Hh 220
Lived in same place in 1935
Lester Morton, 50, tie Maker, Timber cutting
Rena, 42
Otis, son, 19
Elsie, dau, 16
Jewel, dau, 12
Jaunnita, dau, 7
Gary, son, 3
infant daughter, newborn
Nova, absent, Dau, 25

Rena will be 99 in July of 1999. She gave most of the information on this branch of the Comstock family to Tonya (Nunn) Mercer about 10 years ago.

Fort Smith Times-Record
Monday, December 22, 2003
Rena Morton
Rena Zora Morton, 103, of Van Buren died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, in a local nursing home. She was a member of United Pentecostal Church in Van Buren and a homemaker. She was the widow of Lester Morton. Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hall Cemetery Arbor near Natural Dam under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home of Van Buren. She is survived by five daughters, Juanita Remelsberger of Van Buren, Marie Lockhart of Rockford, Ill., Elsie Workman of Cedarville, Jewel Gillette of Lincoln and Nova Morton of Cedarville; a son, Gary Morton of Cedarville; 20 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and 32 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Dave Tomlison, Steve Workman, Harley Bilyeu, Charles King, Charles Morton and Don Lockhart.

Events

Birth28 Jul 1900Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage7 Nov 1920Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas - Charles Lester Morton
Death18 Dec 2003Crawford County, Arkansas

Families

SpouseCharles Lester Morton (1891 - 1950)
ChildOtis Wesley Morton (1921 - 1995)
ChildElsie Mae Morton (1925 - 2017)
ChildJewell Lorene Morton (1930 - 2009)
ChildJuanita Carol Morton (1933 - 2014)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJames Harvey "Harve" Comstock (1850 - 1940)
MotherMartha Winnie Rose (1865 - 1960)
SiblingGratis Monroe Comstock (1884 - 1971)
SiblingHettie May Comstock (1886 - 1984)
SiblingCharles Cornice Comstock (1888 - 1982)
SiblingCora Ada Comstock (1892 - 1971)
SiblingRosalie Comstock (1892 - 1968)
SiblingElsie Violet Comstock (1898 - 1995)
SiblingHugh Tony Comstock (1902 - 1982)
SiblingJames Hardy Comstock (1905 - 1990)
SiblingZella Miranda Comstock (1908 - 1990)

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