In Memory Of
Laurene Norman
Laurene Norman
Funeral Services for Laurene Norman, 87, Junction City will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 25, 2008, at the Ward Chapel AME Church 1711 N. Jefferson Street. A visitation will take place from 9:00 a.m. Friday until service time at the church. Burial will follow the funeral service at Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Norman passed away Saturday, July 19, 2008. Memorial contributions may be given to the Ward Chapel AME Church 1711 N. Jefferson Street or to the American Heart Association Memorial Processing Center P.O. Box 1653 Topeka, Kansas 66601-9865. Penwell-Gabel Mass-Hinitt Funeral Chapel is assisting the family with funeral services.
Laurene was born June 12, 1921, in Henderson County, Texas the daughter of Sham and Fannie Cravin Turner. She has resided in Junction City since 1949 having moved from Dallas and Ft. Worth Texas.
Laurene graduated from Bethel High School in 1941. She graduated from the Dickerson Beauty School in 1965. She was a self employed cosmetologist owning and operating her own Beauty Shop for over 25 years. Laurene was a member of the Ward Chapel AME Church for over 45 years where she taught Sunday School and served as President of the Stewardess Board for over 23 years. She was a consecrated Deaconess by Bishop John Bryant in 2001. She organized a Gospel Choir early in the 1950's and a very active in that capacity for many years. She served the church faithful until her death. She was also a member of the St. Tabitha Chapter #75 O.E.S. in Junction City.
She married Larkin Smith, Jr. on March 30, 1942 in Texas. They later divorced. She married Willie A. Norman August 30, 1980 in Junction City. He passed away June 12, 1998.
Survivors include one brother, Floyd D. Turner of Houston, Texas and three sisters, Theola Yarborough of Tennessee Colony, Texas; Irene Lee of Hitchcock, Texas and Johnnie Mae Watkins of Hobbs, New Mexico. She is also survived by several step children, Eddie, Willie and Bernard Norman and several step grandchildren and great grandchildren. She leaves some special neices and nephews Evelyn Rising, Irene Brooks and Harrison Watkins of Hobbs, New Mexico; Camilla Watkins and Family of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and a host of others in Galveston, Fort Worth, and various other areas in Texas
Laurene was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four brothers and four sisters.
Laurene was born June 12, 1921, in Henderson County, Texas the daughter of Sham and Fannie Cravin Turner. She has resided in Junction City since 1949 having moved from Dallas and Ft. Worth Texas.
Laurene graduated from Bethel High School in 1941. She graduated from the Dickerson Beauty School in 1965. She was a self employed cosmetologist owning and operating her own Beauty Shop for over 25 years. Laurene was a member of the Ward Chapel AME Church for over 45 years where she taught Sunday School and served as President of the Stewardess Board for over 23 years. She was a consecrated Deaconess by Bishop John Bryant in 2001. She organized a Gospel Choir early in the 1950's and a very active in that capacity for many years. She served the church faithful until her death. She was also a member of the St. Tabitha Chapter #75 O.E.S. in Junction City.
She married Larkin Smith, Jr. on March 30, 1942 in Texas. They later divorced. She married Willie A. Norman August 30, 1980 in Junction City. He passed away June 12, 1998.
Survivors include one brother, Floyd D. Turner of Houston, Texas and three sisters, Theola Yarborough of Tennessee Colony, Texas; Irene Lee of Hitchcock, Texas and Johnnie Mae Watkins of Hobbs, New Mexico. She is also survived by several step children, Eddie, Willie and Bernard Norman and several step grandchildren and great grandchildren. She leaves some special neices and nephews Evelyn Rising, Irene Brooks and Harrison Watkins of Hobbs, New Mexico; Camilla Watkins and Family of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and a host of others in Galveston, Fort Worth, and various other areas in Texas
Laurene was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four brothers and four sisters.
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Friday, July 25, 2008
9:00 - 11:00 am (Central time)
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Friday, July 25, 2008
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