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A. W. "Slick" Morton. Jr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal April 28, 1999

Funeral services for Mr. A. W. "Slick" Morton. Jr., age 85, were held Thursday April 22, in the First 
United Methodist Church with Rev. Byrd Hillman, Jr. assisted by Mr. William R. Coenen, Jr., officiating. 
Burial followed in the Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home.

Mr. Morton died at St. Dominick's Hospital in Jackson, Miss., on April 19 after a brief illness. 

He was a former Tallulah High School and LSU football star, SEC Football head coach and pioneer in Louisiana 
and Mississippi swimming.

Mr. Morton led Tallulah in back-to-back state football championships in 1932 and 1933. He was personally 
recruited by Huey Long to attend LSU, where he played from 1934 through 1937. He was named captain of 
the 1937 Tiger squad. He was the only living member of three LSU teams that played in the Sugar Bowl.

Mr. Morton was named head coach at Virginia Military Institute in 1947 and two years later assumed the 
same position at Mississippi State University (1949-51).

After his coaching days, Mr. Morton moved to Greenwood, Miss. and entered business as a general contractor. 
Mr. Morton and his wife, Jane, who was the 1931 Baton Rouge City Champion Swimmer, devoted over 20 years to t
he development of swim programs in Mississippi and Louisiana. He later served as president of the Southern 
Swim Association, comprised of competitive swim teams from Louisiana and Mississippi. Mr. Morton's name 
still attracts swimmers, as the Slick Morton Invitational Meet, held annually in Monroe, has developed into 
one of the premiere meets in the Southeastern United States, attracting hundreds of swimmers each year.

Survivors include his wife: Geraldine Howell Morton, of Brandon, Miss.: two sons; Jeff Morton of Rankin 
County, Miss., and Johnny Morton of Alexandria, La.: two daughters: Mary Jane Smith of Greenwood, Miss., 
and Ruthie Coenen of Rayville; one sister: Madge Kennon of Lafayette; twelve grandchildren: and one 
great-grandchild.

Pallbearers were Hal Markham, Pat Calhoun, John Pittington, Robbie Fortenberry, and Dalton Fortenberry.