note: double marker with Elizabeth Helen
son of James Elbert Norris & Laura
**********************
JOHN W. NORRIS
John W. Norris, 71, R.R.10, Greensburg, died this morning at 1:40 at the Decatur County Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing health for the past few months.
Mr. Norris was born March 6, 1905, in Tiney(Piney) Flats, Tennessee and his parents were Elbert and Laura (Gray) Norris. He was married Dec. 24, 1923 in Decatur County to Helen Ramer and she survives.
Mr. Norris was retired from Cummins Engine Company where he was employed over 25 years as a machinist. he had lived in the Burney community most of his life and in Greensburg the past eight years. He was a member of the Burney Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Norris is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Paul (Sara) Hime, Burney, Mrs. Leon (Jane) Stephens, Mills, Wyo., and Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Owens, R.R.2, Columbus; one son, William Earl Norris, Galveston; one brother, Laymon Norris, Middletown; two sisters, Julia Bennett, Tennessee, and Mrs. Ora (Jamie) Miller, Shelbyville; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Andrew, Hubert and Edward Norris, and two sisters, Dora Norris and Gertrude Foster.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home with the Rev. James Austin, pastor of the Westport Methodist Church, officiating, and burial will be in the Milford Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday.
The family requests that memorials be in the form of contributions to the Decatur County Cancer Fund.
--Greensburg Daily News (Indiana)
--July 1976
(obit provided by dhintx #47160808)
***********************************
son of Elbert Norris & Laura Gray
born - Piney Flats, Tenn
-m- Elizabeth Helen Ramer
last residence - R10, Box 46, Greensburg, Ind
male - white - 71y 3m 27d
worked at Cummins 30 yrs
died - 1:40 a.m. - Decatur County Memorial Hospital
funeral - Tuesday, 1:30 p.m., Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home
services by Rev James Austin, Westport
survived by - wife - Elizabeth Helen Ramer Norris
3 children - Mrs Paul (Sara) Hime, Burney
Mrs Leon (Jane) Stephens, Mills, Wyoming
Mrs Robert (Nancy) Owens, R2, Columbus
11 grandchildren - 12 great-grandchildren
son - William Earl Norris, Galveston, Ind
brother - Layman Norris, Middletown, Ind
2 sisters - Julia Bennett, Tennessee
Mrs Ora (Margaret Jamie) Miller, Shelbyville
informant - Mrs John W Norris, R10, Box 46, Greensburg
son of James Elbert Norris & Laura
**********************
JOHN W. NORRIS
John W. Norris, 71, R.R.10, Greensburg, died this morning at 1:40 at the Decatur County Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing health for the past few months.
Mr. Norris was born March 6, 1905, in Tiney(Piney) Flats, Tennessee and his parents were Elbert and Laura (Gray) Norris. He was married Dec. 24, 1923 in Decatur County to Helen Ramer and she survives.
Mr. Norris was retired from Cummins Engine Company where he was employed over 25 years as a machinist. he had lived in the Burney community most of his life and in Greensburg the past eight years. He was a member of the Burney Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Norris is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Paul (Sara) Hime, Burney, Mrs. Leon (Jane) Stephens, Mills, Wyo., and Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Owens, R.R.2, Columbus; one son, William Earl Norris, Galveston; one brother, Laymon Norris, Middletown; two sisters, Julia Bennett, Tennessee, and Mrs. Ora (Jamie) Miller, Shelbyville; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Andrew, Hubert and Edward Norris, and two sisters, Dora Norris and Gertrude Foster.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home with the Rev. James Austin, pastor of the Westport Methodist Church, officiating, and burial will be in the Milford Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday.
The family requests that memorials be in the form of contributions to the Decatur County Cancer Fund.
--Greensburg Daily News (Indiana)
--July 1976
(obit provided by dhintx #47160808)
***********************************
son of Elbert Norris & Laura Gray
born - Piney Flats, Tenn
-m- Elizabeth Helen Ramer
last residence - R10, Box 46, Greensburg, Ind
male - white - 71y 3m 27d
worked at Cummins 30 yrs
died - 1:40 a.m. - Decatur County Memorial Hospital
funeral - Tuesday, 1:30 p.m., Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home
services by Rev James Austin, Westport
survived by - wife - Elizabeth Helen Ramer Norris
3 children - Mrs Paul (Sara) Hime, Burney
Mrs Leon (Jane) Stephens, Mills, Wyoming
Mrs Robert (Nancy) Owens, R2, Columbus
11 grandchildren - 12 great-grandchildren
son - William Earl Norris, Galveston, Ind
brother - Layman Norris, Middletown, Ind
2 sisters - Julia Bennett, Tennessee
Mrs Ora (Margaret Jamie) Miller, Shelbyville
informant - Mrs John W Norris, R10, Box 46, Greensburg
note: double marker with Elizabeth Helen
son of James Elbert Norris & Laura
**********************
JOHN W. NORRIS
John W. Norris, 71, R.R.10, Greensburg, died this morning at 1:40 at the Decatur County Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing health for the past few months.
Mr. Norris was born March 6, 1905, in Tiney(Piney) Flats, Tennessee and his parents were Elbert and Laura (Gray) Norris. He was married Dec. 24, 1923 in Decatur County to Helen Ramer and she survives.
Mr. Norris was retired from Cummins Engine Company where he was employed over 25 years as a machinist. he had lived in the Burney community most of his life and in Greensburg the past eight years. He was a member of the Burney Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Norris is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Paul (Sara) Hime, Burney, Mrs. Leon (Jane) Stephens, Mills, Wyo., and Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Owens, R.R.2, Columbus; one son, William Earl Norris, Galveston; one brother, Laymon Norris, Middletown; two sisters, Julia Bennett, Tennessee, and Mrs. Ora (Jamie) Miller, Shelbyville; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Andrew, Hubert and Edward Norris, and two sisters, Dora Norris and Gertrude Foster.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home with the Rev. James Austin, pastor of the Westport Methodist Church, officiating, and burial will be in the Milford Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday.
The family requests that memorials be in the form of contributions to the Decatur County Cancer Fund.
--Greensburg Daily News (Indiana)
--July 1976
(obit provided by dhintx #47160808)
***********************************
son of Elbert Norris & Laura Gray
born - Piney Flats, Tenn
-m- Elizabeth Helen Ramer
last residence - R10, Box 46, Greensburg, Ind
male - white - 71y 3m 27d
worked at Cummins 30 yrs
died - 1:40 a.m. - Decatur County Memorial Hospital
funeral - Tuesday, 1:30 p.m., Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home
services by Rev James Austin, Westport
survived by - wife - Elizabeth Helen Ramer Norris
3 children - Mrs Paul (Sara) Hime, Burney
Mrs Leon (Jane) Stephens, Mills, Wyoming
Mrs Robert (Nancy) Owens, R2, Columbus
11 grandchildren - 12 great-grandchildren
son - William Earl Norris, Galveston, Ind
brother - Layman Norris, Middletown, Ind
2 sisters - Julia Bennett, Tennessee
Mrs Ora (Margaret Jamie) Miller, Shelbyville
informant - Mrs John W Norris, R10, Box 46, Greensburg
son of James Elbert Norris & Laura
**********************
JOHN W. NORRIS
John W. Norris, 71, R.R.10, Greensburg, died this morning at 1:40 at the Decatur County Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing health for the past few months.
Mr. Norris was born March 6, 1905, in Tiney(Piney) Flats, Tennessee and his parents were Elbert and Laura (Gray) Norris. He was married Dec. 24, 1923 in Decatur County to Helen Ramer and she survives.
Mr. Norris was retired from Cummins Engine Company where he was employed over 25 years as a machinist. he had lived in the Burney community most of his life and in Greensburg the past eight years. He was a member of the Burney Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Norris is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Paul (Sara) Hime, Burney, Mrs. Leon (Jane) Stephens, Mills, Wyo., and Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Owens, R.R.2, Columbus; one son, William Earl Norris, Galveston; one brother, Laymon Norris, Middletown; two sisters, Julia Bennett, Tennessee, and Mrs. Ora (Jamie) Miller, Shelbyville; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Andrew, Hubert and Edward Norris, and two sisters, Dora Norris and Gertrude Foster.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home with the Rev. James Austin, pastor of the Westport Methodist Church, officiating, and burial will be in the Milford Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday.
The family requests that memorials be in the form of contributions to the Decatur County Cancer Fund.
--Greensburg Daily News (Indiana)
--July 1976
(obit provided by dhintx #47160808)
***********************************
son of Elbert Norris & Laura Gray
born - Piney Flats, Tenn
-m- Elizabeth Helen Ramer
last residence - R10, Box 46, Greensburg, Ind
male - white - 71y 3m 27d
worked at Cummins 30 yrs
died - 1:40 a.m. - Decatur County Memorial Hospital
funeral - Tuesday, 1:30 p.m., Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home
services by Rev James Austin, Westport
survived by - wife - Elizabeth Helen Ramer Norris
3 children - Mrs Paul (Sara) Hime, Burney
Mrs Leon (Jane) Stephens, Mills, Wyoming
Mrs Robert (Nancy) Owens, R2, Columbus
11 grandchildren - 12 great-grandchildren
son - William Earl Norris, Galveston, Ind
brother - Layman Norris, Middletown, Ind
2 sisters - Julia Bennett, Tennessee
Mrs Ora (Margaret Jamie) Miller, Shelbyville
informant - Mrs John W Norris, R10, Box 46, Greensburg
Gravesite Details
additional info from Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home Records
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
