Cobb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Norton, O Q March 1920 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: M Little http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006458 September 23, 2010, 1:04 pm Cobb County Times, March 4, 1920 Mr O Q NORTON, a well known and respected citizen of Marietta and Cobb county died at his home on Cherokee street Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr NORTON was 64 years old and had been ill for several weeks suffering with hardening of the arteries. In the passing of Mr NORTON, Cobb county loses one of its best loved and most useful citizens. Mr NORTON was an earnest Christian gentleman, a deacon of the First Baptist church and teacher of a boys Sunday school class. He was an active worker, always willing to share the burdens of the church. He came to Marietta about thirteen years ago from Etowah county, Alabama, and has since lived on his farm just outside the city limits. He was always identified with movements that tended toward uplifting his community and he will be greatly missed by the members of his church and by all those with whom he cam in contact. Mr NORTON is survived by his wife; his mother, Mrs Adaline NORTON, Attalla, Ala.; one son, Mr Marvin D NORTON, Marietta; two sisters, Mrs Ola ROSS, Attalla, Ala.; and Mrs Emma ROSS, Aurora, Ala.; four brothers, Mr Pink S NORTON, Goodson, Ala., Mr A S NORTON, Attalla, Ala., Mr J E NORTON, Keener, Ala., Mr W H NORTON, Attalla, Ala.; a niece Mrs J H GILBERT, Birmingham, Ala.; and a nephew, Mr E L MOORE, Marietta. The funeral services were held from the First Baptist church Wednesday, conducted by Dr I A WHITE, assisted by Dr J P ERWIN. The following friends of Mr NORTON acted as pall bearers: J R FOWLER, Geo H SESSIONS, H B WADE, M S McLAIN, C F WARD, J A BENSON. Interment was made at the city cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb/obits/n/norton1564nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb