Obituary of SGM Carlton Gordon Morey, US Army, (Ret.)

Mr. Carlton Gordon Morey, 90, of Columbia, SC, died February 25, 2021. He was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont to the late Bernard Morey and Vera Mable Bundy.  Mr. Morey was retired from both the United States Army, and the United States Postal Service. 

He enjoyed volunteering at the WJB Dorn Veterans Hospital, and was a Free Mason and a Shriner. Carlton also enjoyed reading, history, keeping up with the news, home projects, spending time with his grandchildren and “loving on” his dogs. 

He is survived by his wife, Mi K Morey of Columbia, SC; daughters, Angel H. Lee, Sue C. Sidzina, Mikie Bradley, and their spouses; grandchildren, Daniel Mason and Taya Rose Sidzina, Tiffany Arabella Lee and Leah Marie Bradley. Carlton is also survived by his sister, Gertrude Ila Noyes Goodsell.

He was pre-deceased by his many siblings; Earl Vernon Morey, Robert Cleon Morey, Maynard F Caswell, Louis Albert Caswell, Priscilla Alice (Caswell), Herman Homer Noyes, Ronald Carroll Noyes, Helen Rita Noyes Dwyer, Joan Margaret (Noyes) Colucci, Lawrence A Noyes, Deborah Louise (Morey) Koehling, Robert Edwin Noyes Sr., Arabelle Violet Noyes Sheehan, Orland Harley Noyes, Lucy Edith (Caswell) Blake, Barbara Jean (Caswell) Wilson, Lawrence Caswell, Eugene Maurice Caswell, Bernard Henry Caswell, Douglas Franklin Caswell.

A private memorial service, with US Army funeral honors, (for his immediate family only), will be held at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. A Celebration of Life Service for Carlton will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made, in his name, to the Disabled American Veterans, 511 Violet St, West Columbia, SC 29169, Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, Processing Center, PO Box 863765, Orlando, FL 32886, or The Humane Society, 121 Humane Lane, Columbia, SC 29209. 

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