Tommy Morton Morton

Profile Updated: April 17, 2024
Tommy Morton
Tommy Morton

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Tommy Morton

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Tommy Morton

Yearbook

Yes! Attending Reunion
Residing In: Houston, TX USA
Spouse/Partner: Virginia
Occupation: Retired Computer Guru
Children: Son Jeffrey B. 1973 6 Children: Daughter Elizabeth B. 1980 5 Children: Daughter Sarah B. 1982 No Children
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I moved to Eugene, Oregon 1 week after graduation from RHS.

Worked until 9/11/1965 when I was involved in a severe accident between my motorcycle and a station wagon backing out of his driveway. I T-boned the car doing 65 MPH.

I spent the next 3 years in and out of the hospital (11 months total time and 14 surgeries). Most of this time I was in a full body cast. After I was able to walk again with crutches, I attended University of Oregon School of Architecture for 1 year. I then went to Lane Community College and earned a degree in Engineering Technology.

I met my wife Virginia while working as a lot boy at a Dodge Dealership. We were married October 1969.

Upon graduation from College in July 1970, we moved to Portland, Oregon with a job at Hyster Lift Truck’s Corporate Engineering Department.

For the next 26 years we lived in the Portland area working for various Lift truck related companies. I transitioned from Engineering to Computer IT and wound up as Corp IT Manager.

In 1996 the company I was working for transferred me to Houston, Texas to be their Corp IT Manager for 5 divisions. In 2002 that company went bankrupt.

At that point I decided to try my hand as an IT consultant, and was successful at that working with several companies.

In 2007 my health had deteriorated from the years of wear and tear springing from the motorcycle accident. I have had both hips and both knees replaced. I retired with disability and am now fully retired with time to play with my toys.

My wife Virginia was an Accounting Administrator managing research grant funds in the Chemistry Department, at Rice University in Houston. She retired from Rice and was retired for a year then was talked into going back to work at Rice. She then retired (permanently) in 2017.

School Story:

Falling out of the back of Gene Allens pickup and breaking my leg. (he ran over a curb in the parking lot at RHS transporting band instruments). Don't know if he broke the big Base Drum or not!!!! I never did find one of my shoes!!!!!

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May
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May 08, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Happy upcoming Birthday Susan. Hope you and Jack have grand plans!

Tommy Morton Morton has left an In Memory comment for Lin Hall.
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Mar 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Lindon Mervelle Hall Jr. Obituary

The passing of Lindon Mervelle Hall Jr. of Fort Collins, Colorado leaves a void in the hearts of many, as we bid farewell to a loving soul who departed on March 4, 2025 at the age of 78. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

Though Lindon Mervelle may no longer walk beside us, their memory will forever be enshrined in the fabric of the lives of those Lindon Mervelle touched, a beacon of light guiding us through the darkness. In their absence, their spirit lives on — a gentle whisper in the breeze, a ray of sunlight on a cloudy day, a reminder that love knows no boundaries.

 

Above from web page Lindon Mervelle Hall Jr. Obituary (1946-2025) | Fort Collins, CO

 

 

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Sep 18, 2024 at 2:33 AM
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Sep 13, 2024 at 6:18 PM

Happy Birthday Tommy have a great day September 18th!

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Sep 12, 2024 at 12:44 AM

Happy Birthday to my favorite Retired Computer Guru! Tommy thanks for being a force for good in the lives of the RHS Class of 1965. May the Lord continue to add blessings to you and your family. You've given us all a voice and a means to care for each other. You've also managed to keep us young by doing so. Our memories are ingrained in our hearts and we can share them. Thank you. Have a great birthday celebration.
KLUJICS! 1 Corinthians 15;57.
Respectfully, Paul Viera, RHS 65 Classmate

Dec 24, 2023 at 4:44 PM

Tommy thank you for all that you do for our '65 Class site. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!!

Nov 20, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Sep 19, 2023 at 12:16 AM

One day late is not too bad considering what happened during the previous week for us here. But I still want to take the time to wish you the very best year for now and until next September 18. I hope all is well with you and Ginger. Take care and enjoy the coming trip around the sun. Colossians 3:14-15. KLUJICS! Be strong and of good courage.
Respectfully, Paul Viera, RHS 65 Classmate

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Sep 18, 2023 at 7:35 AM

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Sep 11, 2023 at 1:21 PM

Happy Birthday Tommy! Wishing you a wonderful September 18th!!

Sep 18, 2022 at 12:19 PM

Happy Birthday Tommy Morton. First of all, thanks for being who you are. Secondly, thank you for all you do in helping us all remain friends over the years! Blessings to you and yours!

Sep 18, 2022 at 2:33 AM
Sep 11, 2022 at 9:56 PM

Happy Birthday, Tommy! As our computer guru, we owe you a debt of gratitude. Who knew what would develop and come from such an idea as a RHS 65 Classmate website? You done good, Tommy. May you have a great birthday celebration with family and friends. Say hey to Mrs. Virginia M. I hope those grands come around and give you 75 hugs and kisses each one. If not kisses maybe 75 cents each? Tommy, be safe, be strong and be of good courage. KLUJICS! Psalm 56:3.
Respectfully, Paul Viera, RHS 65 Classmate

Jan 23, 2022 at 9:01 AM

Happy Birthday Robert. Hope You had a good one.

Sep 18, 2021 at 2:33 AM
Sep 11, 2021 at 6:50 PM

Happy Birthday, Tommy! Hope you and Virginia are well and good in Katy. It's seems to me that a lot of folks I know are living in Katy. May you both be blessed all year long and may your children and grands be a big part of it all. Go Coyotes! Take care and stay safe. KLUJICS! Jeremiah 33:3

Respectfully, Paul Viera, RHS 65 Classmate

Sep 11, 2021 at 11:58 AM

Hey Tommy! Happy upcoming birthday my friend! Thanks for all you do. I trust this finds you and yours doing well! Blessings TRW

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Sep 12, 2021 at 11:15 AM

Posted on: Jan 11, 2021 at 6:44 PM

Now I know I am getting Old! Just had the first wedding of one of my 11 grandkids! Must be some kind of a milestone. Guess we can chalk it up to the start of the next generation of the Morton Clan starting up. This is Joseph Morton and his new Wife Lizzy Gipson (Morton). He is part of my Son Jeffrey's kids.
Sadly due to Covid-19 we were not able to travel to go to the wedding.

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Jan 11, 2021 at 7:06 PM

Posted on: Jan 11, 2021 at 5:56 PM

Happy Birthday Ann. Hope you had a great day today!!

Nov 10, 2020 at 12:36 PM

Happy Birthday My friend!

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Tommy Morton and Thomas Lunsford in Roswell Sept. 2010
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM
My 1963 Sophomore Pix from the '63 yearbook.
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Thomas Lunsford and Tommy Morton Early 1960's
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM
I found this one tucked into the front cover of Ken Crow's 1964 Yearbook.

Tommy Williams and Ken Crow
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM
"Blue Hawaii" Senior prom 1965. Tommy Morton and Shirley Langham (class of '66)
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM
This is the one and only picture that was ever taken of this bike.
My accident of 9-11-1965.

I was riding a Honda 305 Scrambler on Sep 11th 1965 in Creswell Oregon at about 6:30 PM on a 2 lane black top county road doing about 65 MPH when a fellow backs out of his driveway in front of me.

I hit him t-bone style at the rear of the front right wheel.

Spent the next 3 years in a full body cast and about 11 months in the hospital trying to survive.

Came away with both my legs but cannot bend the right knee even today.
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Some of you may remember this one.

This is what was left of my Dad's 1957 Chevy 4 door BelAir Hardtop after me and 3 friends did a 115 MPH 3-1/2 barrel roll 1 car accident in 1964.



Tommy Lunsford was with me. Can't remember the other guys names.



We all walked away with some minor abrasions.



The reason I did not drive a car in my senior year.
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Newest Granddaughter Rachael