Mary Norris

Waynesville-Mary Willie Sutton Norris, age 84, of Oakdale Road, died Friday, October 24, 2003 at Autumn Care Nursing Home.

She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Spawn and Hessie Bradshaw Sutton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Norris, her daughter, Doris Massie, three sisters, Lula Mae Carver, Grace Sutton, and Pearl Owens, and four brothers, Jack, Charlie, Fred, and Jess Sutton.

She is survived by two sisters, Elizabeth McDaniel of Waynesville and Annie Roe Williamson of Bridgeton, New Jersey, one son, Freddie Norris, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, October 27, 2003 at the Waynesville chapel of Wells Funeral Homes. The Reverend Jerry Nelson will officiate. Burial will follow at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, prior to the services, at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home of Elizabeth McDaniel, 82 Lowell Street, Waynesville.

The pallbearers will be Jack Scott, Jess Sutton, Jr., Jack Swanger, John Carver, Charles Swanger, and Kevin Revis.

Memorials may be made to the Haywood County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 931, Waynesville, NC 28786.

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