[2] She married Samuel Percell Morton, who was the principal of Hayden High School in Franklin, Virginia, and moved with him to that city, where she began a career as a teacher of home economics;[1] she began employment with the Virginia Department of Education in 1947, during the era of segregation, retiring in 1974.
[3] Eventually she became the area state supervisor for the discipline, rising as well to become an officer in the Statewide Home Economics Association.
She helped to form the Franklin chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in which she held a lifetime membership; she also belonged to the National Council of Negro Women, the Order of the Eastern Star, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Links, Inc. Other organizations in whose foundation she assisted include the Franklin Cooperative Ministry, The Cosmonettes, and Sesame Street Day Care.
[1] Morton died at the Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin,[4] and was survived by two daughters.
[1] In December 2017 the Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved the erection of a historic marker recognizing her contributions to the community, located near Paul D. Camp Community College, on whose board she had served.