Morton was born Lenora Anderson in Greenwood, S.C., on June 10, 1904.
Lenora Morton of Newark celebrated her 112th Birthday on June 10 at a party at BrookHaven Nursing Home in East Orange. EAST ORANGE -- Lenora Morton celebrated her 112th birthday on June 10 at a party at BrookHaven Nursing Home on South Harrison Street in East Orange.
She was born Lenora Anderson in Greenwood, S.C., on June 10, 1904, and moved to Newark, where she lived with her husband, Haywood Morton, and their four children.
Morton, who operated a hair salon in the Central Ward of Newark for many years, was a member of the Business and Professional Circle at the Abyssinian Baptist Church.
Members of her congregation were on hand to celebrate along with fellow residents at BrookHaven, her grandchildren, nieces, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
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