Lowndes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Norris, Ruth Sirmans May 24, 2014 ************************************************ 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: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 March 28, 2022, 9:21 am The Berrien Press - May 28, 2014 Ruth S. Norris, 93, of Valdosta died May 24, 2014, at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 29, 1920, in Berrien County to the late Abner and Sarah Hendley Sirmans and has been a resident of this local area all of her life. She was a homemaker and member of Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville. She had an outgoing personality and seemed to make friends with ease. She loved to work in her garden and was known with her ability to grow the most beautiful daylilies and roses. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great- grandmother and will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and Patty Mayer of Valdosta; a daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn Jean and Donald Kirkland of Nashville; son and daughter-in-law, Freddy and Sue Norris of Valdosta; four grandchildren and their spouses, Bobby, Jr. and Ruth Mayer of Tallahassee, FL, David and Alisande Mayer of Valdosta, Brad and Melissa Kirkland of Nashville, and John F. Norris of San Antonio, TX; seven great grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Lucious and Ruby Sirmans of Valdosta; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Norris; three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services were held May 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home with Rev. J.W. Dukes, III, officiating. Interment followed at Sunset Hills Cemetery. Carson-McLane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/lowndes/obits/n/norris6215nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb