Roy affectionately known as “Brick” was born in Penobsquis on January 15, 1924; he was the son of the late Cecil and Ruth Augusta (McQuinn) Morton both of Penobsquis.

Roy served with the Carleton York Regiment during WWII. He was a retired lineman with NBTel and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Sussex Branch # 20.

Roy and his wife Effie (Brooks) Morton would have celebrated their 59^th wedding anniversary in March. He is the father of Richard Morton (Beverley Blagden) of Rothesay, Darlene Ramsay and her husband Raymond and Patricia Foster and her husband Sheldon all of Quispamsis; the grandfather of Adam Morton and his wife Melissa of Edmonton Alberta, Brent Morton of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Joel Foster of the Annapolis Valley NS, Kaitlin Foster of Quispamsis, and Jennifer Ramsay of Kinston Peninsula, his great granddaughter, Joyanna. Roy is also survived by his sister Joan Lisson and her husband Don of Sussex, as well as several nieces and nephews.