Alton Norris

Published 12:00 am Sunday, March 9, 2014

Services for Alton “Buddy” Norris will be held on
Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 2 p.m. in the Christian Living Fellowship Church on Section Line Rd. with Pastor Bobby Ganaway officiating.
Burial with Masonic rites will follow in the Pine Island Cemetery near Pickering under the care of
Jeane’s Funeral Service of Leesville.
Visitation will began on Saturday, March 8 at 3 p.m. at Christian Living Fellowship Church.
Mr. Norris, 77, of Anacoco, passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014 at his residence in Anacoco.

He was born Jan. 26, 1937 to Otto and Pearlie Mae Warwick Norris. He was a carpenter by trade, but retired as a model-maker for the United States Army at Fort Polk.
Over the years, he worked for the Leesville City Police and
Southern Pacific railroad.
He loved serving others. He was a Master Mason, having served as master of Leesville Masonic Lodge 240 and Pickering Lodge 147.
A loving father, grandfather and friend, he worshiped at Christian
Living Fellowship.
Mr. Norris was preceded in death by his wife, Merlene Eddlemon Norris; his parents, Otto and Pearlie Norris; his brother, L.V. Norris; and his son, William Norris.
Survivors include his daughters, Alice
O’Banion and husband Mike “Coon”: O’Banion and Mamie Chouest and husband Tommy, all of Pickering; daughter-in-law, Rhonda Norris of Georgetown; his special friend, Maybeth Maxwell of Georgetown; nine grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Words of comfort may extended to the family at www.jeanesfs.com or jeanefuneralservice@gmail.com.