Thelma R. Norton
October 13, 1915 ~ September 5, 2009
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Thelma Runion Norton, 93, of View Street, Asheville, died Saturday, September 5, 2009, at Mission Hospital. A native of Madison County, she was a daughter of the late Cecil Grey and Annie Laurie West Runion. Mrs. Norton was also preceded in death by her husband Woodrow James Norton; sisters, Cecelia Robinson and Annie Lanier, and brothers, Leroy and Lester Runion.
Following graduation from Asheville Teachers College, Mrs. Norton taught for 35 years in the Madison and Buncombe County Schools Systems before retiring from Johnston Elementary School.
Mrs. Norton is survived by her son, Willard James Norton and his wife Delores; two grandchildren, Deborah Shook, and Jamie Norton and wife, Marcee, all of Asheville; four great-grandchildren, Joshua Shook, Anna Shook, Charity Norton and David Norton, two sisters, Joan R. Anderson of Asheville and Argylle R. Woolley of Charlotte and a brother, Cecil G. Runion of Asheville.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Reverends James Hutchinson and Rick McCarson officiating. Interment will follow at Ashelawn Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Tuesday prior to the service at the funeral home.
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My love, thoughts and prayers are with you all during this very sad and painful time. Nana was such a sweet and precious lady and she will be greatly missed by a lot of people. I can’t wait to get to heaven and see if my theory was right about her and Daddy! Please know that I’m here if you need me.
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Dear Family,
I have many happy memories of Mrs. Norton. I taught with her at Johnston Elementary School. She also taught both my daughters, Cindy and Shana, in the second grade. She was a lovely lady. My thoughts and prayers are with you.