Obituaries: Mattie Allen Norman, 1959, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 3, 1959 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. W. T. Norman Funeral Services Are Held Monday

Mrs. Mattie Allen Norman, 87, wife of former Winn educator and public official
W. T. Norman, died Friday following a long illness.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 31, at Hixson Funeral
Home Chapel, with Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of First Baptist Church, and Rev.
Robert W. Gage, pastor of Winnfield Presbyterian Church, officiating. 
Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.

Mrs. Norman was the daughter of J. G. Allen and Emily Spurlin Allen, pioneer
settlers of Bossier Parish from Georgia, and was the last surviving member of
the Plain Dealing Baptist Church.

In 1897, she was married to W. T. Norman and for the past 62 years has lived
in Winnfield.  Her husband, who survives, for many years was a teacher,
principal, and superintendent of education in Winn Parish.  He was also State
Representative from Winn Parish from 1912-1920 ant Winnfield postmaster from
1926-1933.

In addition to her husband Mrs. Norman is survived by a son, Perry A. Norman
of Dallas, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Alliene Hoffman of Winnfield; one grandson,
Perry Allen Norman, Jr., and a sister, Mrs. Eugenia Lee of Tampa, Fla.

Pallbearers were E. H. Farr, W. D. Walker, Cas B. Moss, Joe W. Mitchell,
Hasson Morris, and Lee J. Grigsby.

Attending the funeral from out of town included: Mrs. Herbert Mixon, Lambert
Mixon, of Atlanta; Miss Loma Knighten and Mrs. Doris K. Baxter of Lafayette;
Mrs. J. E. Murry, Mrs. R. A. Stacey, Jr., of Shreveport; Ms. Eleanor
Gleason, Mrs. Myrtice A. McKellar, John H. Allen, of Plain Dealing; Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Lea of Bossier City, Theodore R. Allen of Cameron, Texas; Miss Faye
Norman of Shreveport; Mrs. Francis Frazier, Mrs. Tura E. Reed, Mrs. Lelia
Sandidge of Haughton; J. D. Lee, Mrs. Eugenia Lee of Tampa, Fla.; and Mrs.
Aubrey Corbitt of Winnsboro.

Out of town visitors in the Norman-Hoffman home over the weekend included: Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Dickerson of Monroe; Miss Marion Melton of Alexandria; Rev.
Merle Averett of Richton, Miss.; Mrs. E. R. Bumgardner, Mrs. J. E. Sexton, and
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Norman of Minden.