VERNON LLOYD NORRIS

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. VERNON LLOYD NORRIS, AGE 77, OF IRON CITY, GA WHO PASSED AWAY SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 2008 AT SEMINOLE MANOR NURSING HOME IN DONALSONVILLE, GA. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. NORRIS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 2008 AT 11:00 AM AT IRON CITY BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REV. JUSTIN YOUNG, REV. HAROLD CROSSON, AND REV. DONNA BEVELS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN BELLVIEW FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY IN COLQUITT, GA. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY EVENING, OCT. 20, 2008 FROM 6:00-8:00 PM AT EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME. MR. NORRIS WAS BORN IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS ON AUGUST 31, 1931 TO THE LATE VERNIE AND VENA BURTON NORRIS. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY BEFORE WORKING AS A MACHINERY OPERATOR WITH PLANTERS PRODUCTS AND THEN BEALL PEANUT COMPANY FOR 25 YEARS BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT. MR. NORRIS WAS A MEMBER OF IRON CITY BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE ENJOYED BEING A MEMBER OF THE IRON CITY CLASSICS. MR. NORRIS LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS WIFE, ANNE PERRY NORRIS OF IRON CITY, GA ; THREE SONS, DAVID NORRIS AND HIS WIFE LORI OF IRON CITY, GA, STEVE NORRIS AND HIS WIFE CINDY OF PANSEY, AL, AND JERRY NORRIS AND HIS WIFE DAWN OF RIDGEVILLE, SC; TWO BROTHERS, CHARLES NORRIS AND HIS WIFE PAT AND JIM NORRIS AND HIS WIFE VIRGINIA ALL OF COLUMBUS, KS; AND ONE SISTER, NANCY REYNOLDS AND HER HUSBAND JOHN OF DENVER, CO. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SIX GRANDCHILDREN, CHAD NORRIS AND HIS WIFE SARAH, ERIC NORRIS AND HIS WIFE TIFFANY, JEFF NORRIS AND HIS WIFE AMANDA, DANA NORRIS, NICKI NORRIS, AND DANIELLE NORRIS; AS WELL AS THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, CHANDLER NORRIS, BRENDAN NORRIS, AND MATTHEW NORRIS. ACTIVE CASKETBEARERS WILL BE ERIC NORRIS, CHAD NORRIS, JEFF NORRIS, SOL DUPRIEST, JIMMY JONES, AND JOE MCLENDON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF THE IRON CITY CLASSICS.