Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Tuesday, March 4, 2003

AUDIE R. BISHOP NORTON

Audie R. Bishop Norton, 80, died Saturday, March 1, 2003, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel. Burial will follow in Myrick Cemetery. The Rev. Robby Johnson and the Rev. Charles Burkes will officiate. She was a homemaker and a charter member of Freedom Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Unity Green Bishop; and her husband, John T. Norton.

Mrs. Norton is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and Mike Manning, Joyce and Edward Wimberly, all of Laurel; three grandsons, Scott Wimberly and his wife, Rene of Laurel, Todd Wimberly of Jackson, and Brian Manning and his wife, Christa of Stringer; a granddaughter, Dawn Shelton and her husband, Eric of Laurel; five great-grandchildren, Ethan and Hannah Wimberly, Jon Michael, Kyle and Erica Shelton; and two sisters, Lexie Pugh and Roberta Hendry, both of Bay Springs.

Pallbearers will be Scott Wimberly, Todd Wimberly, Brian Manning, Eric Shelton, Vernell Watkins, and Ershell Newell.

Visitation will be held at 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, which is in charge of arrangements.