Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....NORRIS, FRANCES LILLIAN June 8, 2015
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News Star World - June 11, 2015
FRANCES LILLIAN NORRIS

A Celebration of the life of Frances Lillian Norris, age 86, will be held 
Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Monroe, LA 
with Reverend John Mabray officiating. Interment will follow at Alabama 
Presbyterian Church in Sibley, Louisiana under the direction of Kilpatrick 
Funeral home of Monroe. Frances Lillian Freeman Norris quietly passed away in 
the loving presence of her husband Bill on June 8, 2015.

Frances was born August 13, 1928 in Hattiesburg, MS to Ephraim Hester and Edna 
May (James) Freeman. The family moved to Ruston, LA where Frances enjoyed 
church activities and graduated from Ruston High School. She spent one year at 
Sullin's College in Baton Rouge, LA before completing her BA in Education from 
Louisiana Tech in Ruston, LA where she pledged Alpha Omega Pi. She later 
completed Master's in Education from Western Kentucky University in Bowling 
Green, KY before moving to Monroe, LA.

Frances was a long time member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Kappa Kappa 
Iota, and Delta Kappa Gamma. She enjoyed baking desserts, shopping and having 
lunch with her sister-in-law, Mary Ann at Pecanland Mall, Tuesday morning Bible 
Study, reading Reader's Digest novels and cheating by reading the ending first, 
traveling to other countries with her husband and siblings, chatting with her 
many past students in local stores and restaurants, and spending time with her 
friends and family. Frances served the Monroe City School system for over three 
decades as a math teacher and Student Council advisor at Jefferson Junior High 
School and Wossman High School.

Frances' parents, E.H. and Edna Freeman, brother, James Everett Freeman, 
sister-in-law, Emma Marx, sister-in-law, Mary Ann Freeman, and brother-in-law, 
Jack Norris precede her in death.

Frances Norris is survived by her husband of 65 years, William Warren Norris, 
Jr., PhD; brother, Jack Freeman and his wife, Diane of Plano, TX; brother, 
Robert Freeman, PhD and his wife, Beverly of Lubbock, TX; son, Dennis Stephen 
Norris, DDS and his wife, Debbie of Monroe, LA and their daughter, Cindy 
Pulitzer, DDS and her husband, Sam, and their three sons, Bryce, Avery, and 
Vaughn; and daughter, Christi; and daughter, Ashley Gruber and her husband, 
Jered; son, Joel William Norris, MD and his wife, Shelley of Monroe, LA and 
their daughter, Taylor; daughter, Carol Diane Sexton, MD and her husband, 
Robert Sexton, MD of Spokane, WA and their sons, Jeffrey, Gregory, and Kirk; 
and sister-in-law, Barbara Norris of Choudrant, LA, as well as many other 
relatives and friends.

Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Monroe 
until service time on Sunday, June 14, 2015. In lieu of flowers, please make 
donations to Covenant Presbyterian Church or a charity of your choice .

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com.

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

Monroe, LA

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