Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....NORTON, Marshall H. September 24, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com August 3, 2017, 12:08 am Breckinridge County Herald News, Friday, September 30, 1960 Obituary Page 1 EX-POSTMASTER OF HARDINSBURG DEAD AT 78 Marshall NORTON, age 78, former Breckinridge County School Superintendent and former Hardinsburg Postmaster, died Saturday, September 24, 1960 at his home in Hardinsburg (Breckinridge County), Ky., after a years' illness. Mr. NORTON, after teaching 25 years, was elected Superintendent of Breckinridge County Schools in 1926, and served that office through 1934. When he became superintendent, he and his family moved their home from Westview (Breckinridge County), Ky. to Hardinsburg. In 1935, during his first term in office, President Franklin D. ROOSEVELT appointed Mr. NORTON postmaster of the Hardinsburg office. This position he held until he retired November 1, 1952. He was a member of the Hardinsburg Methodist Church. He received his education in the public schools of Breckinridge County and Kingswood College. Mr. NORTON was born at Westview, the son of the late Robert and Mary DAVIS NORTON. The funeral services were held on Monday at the Dowell Funeral Home of Hardinsburg and burial was in Ivy Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers: Raymond PILE Jack CHAMBLISS Coleman GALLOWAY Morris ALEXANDER George MONARCH, Jr. Charlie HALL Surviving Mr. NORTON are: his wife, Mrs. Mattie HENNINGER NORTON one daughter: Miss Helen NORTON, Ft. Knox, Ky. one son: Murray NORTON, Pleasure Ridge Park, Ky. one grandchild his step-mother, Mrs. Sallie NORTON, Harned (Breckinridge County), Ky. a half sister: Mrs. G. P. MACY, Harned, Ky. Additional Comments: Marshall and his wife Mattie have a tombstone. Breckinridge County Cemetery Book, Vol. one, published in 1991. New Ivy Hill Cemetery, Hardinsburg. NORTON, Marshall H. 1882 -- 1960 Mattie H. 1892 -- ____. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/n/norton6100gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/