CUMBERLAND COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Erin Gertrude "Gertie" Norris, 20 Jul 1999 ----¤¤¤---- May 15,1919-July 20,1999 Erin Gertrude "Gertie" Norris, 80, of Crossville,TN., passed away July 20, 1999. Funeral services were held July 22,1999, from the chapel of Bilbrey Funeral Home, with burial in Dorton Cemetery. Bros. Thomas Hale Jr. and Howard Scott officiated, with special music by Janis Norris, John Pugh, Bro. Eddie Kilgore and family. Pallbearers were Darrell Armstrong, Allen Blaylock, Paul Cottrell, Allen Foster, Caleb Norris and Kevin Wagner. She was born May 15, 1919 in McMinn County, TN, the daughter of Samuel Landon Ball and Elizabeth Allen Ball. Mrs. Norris had been an employed in laundry services at Cumberland Medical Center, and she had been a member of Church of God of Prophecy since 1946. She had most recently been a member of Crossville Church of God of Prophecy. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth Faye and Ralph Hubert Blaylock of Crossville,TN., sons and daughters-in-law, Julius Edward "J.E." Norris of Nashville, TN, Thomas Carl and Jan Norris of Crab Orchard,TN., and Roger Leland and Judy Norris of Sevierville, TN; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Geraldine Patton of Clinton, TN; brothers, Leon, Wilburn and Pete Ball, all of Crossville,TN., very special nieces, Candy Scott and Edna Foster; special friends, Howard and Wilda Cottrell Scott of Crossville, TN., and many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Julius Norris; parents, Samuel and Elizabeth Ball; brothers, Earnest, Austin, Charlie and Chester Ball; sisters, Annie Ball Ingram, Thelma Marie Ball Belvin, Mary Ellen Ball Meadows, Edna Elizabeth Ball Lawson Crye. Bilbrey Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Tana Allen tootie2@citlink.net ___________________________________________________________________