Norma Higginbotham Griffith early Sunday morning, January 18th, Mom took her morning walk, but instead of walking the golf course, she walked to Heaven. Born December 23, 1929 in Dallas, Texas, Norma Higginbotham Griffith was the daughter of Verda Nelle and John T. Higginbotham. She graduated from Highland Park High School and Southern Methodist University where she was an art major and a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. In 1952, Norma married C. Edward Acker with whom she had three children. She was married to her second husband, J. B. Griffith, Jr. for 25 years until his death in 2010. Norma was a consummate volunteer giving her time and support to many organizations including Lighthouse for the Blind, The Junior League of Dallas, The Dallas Women's Club and Church of the Incarnation. She was generous and tireless in her support of the arts, music, and suicide prevention. She was a gifted gardener, had a passion for travel, was an active outdoors woman completing the Outward Bound Survival Course, hiked and played golf throughout the summers at her Colorado home, enjoyed all the seasons at the Dallas Arboretum, and danced in multiple dinner clubs. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. She had an extremely upbeat personality with rarely a mean or bad thing to say about anyone. Norma is survived by her children and their spouses Richard & Cathlyn Acker, Mitch and Teri Acker, Nell and Carl Taylor, and her grandchildren Audrey and Victoria Taylor, Ben and Amy Acker. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Alzheimer's Association (www.alz.org), Church of Incarnation (www.incarnation.org) or the Dallas Arboretum (www.DallasArboretum.org). A memorial will be held on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney Ave, Dallas, Tx., 75204, in the Memorial Chapel.

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Published in Dallas Morning News from Jan. 25 to Jan. 29, 2015.