Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....TUGWELL, NORMA MARGARET BECKER March 6, 2015
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News Star World - March 11, 2015
NORMA MARGARET BECKER TUGWELL

A memorial service celebrating the life of Norma Becker Tugwell will be held at 
2:00, Saturday, March 14, at Christ Episcopal Church in Bastrop, Louisiana. 
Following the service a reception will be held in the Parish Hall of the 
church. Norma passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015 following a brief illness.

She was born to Frank Jacob and Laura Quinn Becker on August 28, 1921, in New 
Orleans, a city she loved all her life. After graduating from Sophie Wright 
High School, she attended Louisiana State University where she met her future 
husband, Otis Lee (Tug) Tugwell, Jr. They were married in 1944 and soon began 
their family, which would include six busy children.

As her children grew, Norma stayed busy with their activities and was someone's 
room-mother every year. Her home was a haven for her children and their 
friends; her door was always open, and there was usually something delicious to 
snack on. In later years she spent countless hours working at the Christ Church 
Thrift Shop, a ministry she thoroughly enjoyed. Visiting with the many 
customers of the shop was a great pleasure to her. After Tug retired, they 
enjoyed traveling to many of the places they had always dreamed of going. They 
both were thrilled with the birth of their grandchildren, who found their 
grandmother's home and their grandparents quite entertaining. Through the years 
Norma enjoyed her bridge club and being a part of Coterie study club.

Norma was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Miriam, her favorite 
cousin, Lorraine, her devoted husband, Tug, her son Frank, and many of her 
dearest friends. Left to cherish memories of her are her children Lee Tugwell 
(Ann), Carol Anne Caraway (Pat), Bret Tugwell (Carlean), Terry Tugwell, and 
Melanie Taylor (Sam). She also leaves her grandchildren Lee Tugwell , Patrick 
Caraway (Leslie), Laura Akers (Jason), Alison Tugwell, Thomas Tugwell (Laura), 
Margaret Taylor (fiance Michael Tuskey), Anne Murray (Will), Miriam Taylor, 
Terry Tugwell II, Caleb Tugwell, and Zoe Tugwell. Bringing joy to her latter 
years were her great-granchildren Alexis and Jess Akers and Emma and Gordon 
Caraway.

The family would like to thank Sister Elizabeth and the staff of St. Joseph's 
Assisted Living where Norma lived in the last years of her life and where she 
was loved for her sweet smile and calm demeanor. We also want to thank her 
sitters Annie Thomas, Toni Gordon, Ellen Jones, and Ruthie Gaines for the love 
and care they gave her. We would also like to express our appreciation and love 
to Mrs. Helen Landress who was a devoted friend to Norma through the years.

The family requests that any memorials be sent to Christ Episcopal Church, 206 
South Locus Street, Bastrop, Louisiana 71220, or the charity of the donor's 
choice .

Cox Funeral Home, Bastrop

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