Osage County OK Obit for: Lovena (Earp) Norton ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/osage/osage.html http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Submitted to the archives by: Gene Phillips Date submitted: 20Jan2015 *********************************************************************** Lovena Norton, 71, passed away August 6, 2012 in Tulsa after battling a lengthy illness. Lovena was born to Moley and Sarah Earp on October 3, 1940 in Shidler, Oklahoma. Lovena grew up in Shidler and graduated from Shidler High School. Lovena Earp met Jimmy Norton and they were married on December 18, 1960 and moved to Sapulpa where they made their family home. Lovena and Jimmy have been together ever since until Jimmy went to be with the Lord in 2009. After working as a nurse for some time, Lovena became a full time stay at home mom raising her four children. Lovena loved her God, her husband, her children and her Church Midway Full Gospel in Oakhurst where she was a faithful member. Lovena loved to research genealogy for anyone that would ask, bake and decorate cakes, work in her flower garden, and crochet for everyone she knew. Lovena loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and family gatherings. Lovena is preceded in death by her sister Mary Earp Horinek; her parents Moley and Sarah LaRue Earp; her husband Jimmy Norton; and a grandson Cody Cosby. Lovena is survived by her son Nathanael Norton and his wife Deanna of Sapulpa. Daughters; Angelia Stringfellow and husband Stephen of McAlester, Laura Cosby of Sapulpa, Regina Norton of the home where she faithfully cared for both her father and mother till they passed. 8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren. One sister Esther Hall and her husband Roy of Alabama. Two brothers; David Earp of Salina, Ok., and Johnathan Earp and wife Connie of Missouri. Buried in Green Hill Memoria Gardens Cemetery Sapulpa, Creek County, OK