Veronica R. Morton

Veronica Roselle Morton, 59, Public Servant Veronica Roselle Morton, the third child of five and the only girl, was born to the late Harry Eugene Jiggetts, Sr., and the late Wilhemina Vernice Jiggetts on February 18, 1943. Veronica attended Baltimore City Public Schools and was one of the first black children to integrate Roland Park Elementary School and graduated from Eastern High School in 1961. She was very active in sports, loving softball, basketball and track and field. It was at this time that she met and later married Percy Anderson, Sr. From this union there would be born three children. Veronica dedicated herself to Christ at an early age and attended St. James Episcopal Church at Lafayette Square, but she didn’t mind visiting other churches in the area to enhance her experience. She was firm believer in planting the right seeds in her life and instilled these values in the minds and hearts of her children. Veronica was a lover of life and had a zeal to “fill in the gap” for those who needed friendship and love. She was Brownie Troop leader along with neighborhood friend, Irma Freeman in the early seventies. She especially loved her music, and it was not a strange thing for someone to come by in the evening or on the weekend to find her stereo playing loud with the latest tunes or her favorite artists, Barry White, Frankie Lymon and everyone on Motown. She had a genuine love to entertain in the backyard of her home on 42nd Street in the community of Hoes Heights. She recently resided with her daughter and two grandchildren, where she continued to entertain family and friends. Veronica also loved to travel and experience other places and events around town with her friends. She formed a ladies social club along with Sylvia Turner, Joan Hilton, Phyllis Fitzgerald and Vivian Roscoe called the “Ebonies” in which they celebrated each other’s birthdays and took trips together. Veronica began her twenty-seven years of service to Baltimore City in 1978 for the CETA Program, in which she was responsible for reporting payroll and supervising four people on staff. She took her jobs very seriously, being a firm believer in doing things right the first time you do it. She joined Section 8 in 1988 and worked her way up to Senior Administrative Assistant until her illness was diagnosed in April and then laid off in June of this year. Veronica received a gracious call home to rest on the evening of July 25, 2002. Her second husband and loving friend, Arthur James Morton, preceded her in death. Her four brothers, Harry Jr., Owen, Rueben and Rodney Jiggetts also preceded her. She leaves to celebrate her life: her three children, Alisa M. Williams and Percy Ray Anderson, r. of Baltimore, Maryland and Jeffrey Anderson of Medina Ohio; one daughter-in-law, Gwen Anderson; two loving grandchildren, Korrey R. Eggleston and Ateira M. Griffin; special grandchildren, Angelina, Ebony, Tamara, LaKia, Lil Dale and Tommy; a special spiritual sister and best friend, Mrs. Saundra Bates of Columbia, Maryland; Mother-in-law, Marie Parker Anderson; four brothers-in-law, George C. Anderson Jr., the late Charles W. Anderson, Willie M. Anderson of Bowie, Maryland, Steve O. Ford; twelve sisters-in-law, Debbie Jiggetts, Olive V. Hosey, Gloria Shorter, Marion Jean Calloway, Saundra O. Ford, Deborah L. Evans, Kathy J. Anderson, Alice Anderson, Juanita Anderson and Barbara Anderson; one dear cousin, Saundra Turner of Baltimore, Maryland; a host of other relatives and friends.

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Veronica R. Morton

February 18, 1943 - July 25, 2002