Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
MRS. VIRGIE NEWCOMB NORTON
Mrs. Virgie Newcomb Norton, 76, of Laurel, died Friday, December 8, 1995, at Hearthside Haven Nursing Home in Laurel.
Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, with burial in the Myrick Cemetery in Jones County. The Revs. Jimmy Hill and Tracy Hipps will officiate.
She was a homemaker. She was a Christian and member of First Baptist Church of Myrick. She was a devoted wife and mother and a member of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Norton Sr.
She is survived by two sons, W. F. (Bill) Norton Jr. of Laurel, and Freddie Norton of Berlin, Germany; two daughters, Bonnie Holifield and Betty Staples, both of Laurel; six grandchildren, Mark Norton, M.D., Mandi Norton, Esq., Trina Holifield Cabe, Norton Holifield, Garrick Staples and Grant Staples.
Pallbearers will be Harlon Walters, Roger Shepherd, Scott Wimberley, Preston Cooley, Joey Matthews, and Dwight Collins.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, South Mississippi, P.O. Box 4361, Biloxi, MS, 39535-4361.
Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel is in charge of arrangements.
Friday, December 8, 1995