Buck Norris

Buck married Etta (Norris) about 1878 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . Etta was born in May 1860 in North Carolina, , , ; died after 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Elizabethton Star," Sunday, February 11, 1940
RAY NORRIS
Ray Norris, age 43, died in a local hospital Saturday morning at seven o'clock, after a short illness. He was a prominent farmer, living on Simerly Creek, near Hampton.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ray Norris; five daughters, Mrs. Smith Teague, Elizabethton; Georgia, Belle, Louise and Joyce; his mother, Mrs. Etta Norris, Hampton; four sisters, Mrs. Josephine Turner, Hampton; Mrs. Dela Burnett, Johnson City; Mrs. Belle Clark, and Mrs. Cora Smith, Simerly Creek; three brothers, Charles Norris, and Floyd Norris, Simerly Creek; Neal Norris, of Virginia.
Funeral services will be conducted from the home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. John Hall officiating. Burial will be in the Simerly Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Elijah Collins, Sam Gouge, Martin Clark, Nat Gouge, Doke Street, Will Morton.
Flowerbearers[sic] will include Mesdames Ida Rowe, Irene Barnett, Elsie Simerly, Sam Gouge, Mary Simerly, Caroline Simerly, Lorene Carver, Dave Phillips, and Ruth Miller.
The body was removed form the Roy Hathaway Funeral Home to the home on Simerly Creek yesterday afternoon at two o'clock.

Ray married Jennie Simerly on 29 May 1921 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Jennie (daughter of David A. Simerly and Debbie Perry) was born about 1902 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Belle married Carl Reece Hyder on 17 Jan 1941 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. Carl (son of Nathaniel H. "Nat" Hyder and Ethel Woodby) was born about 1922 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 13 Apr 1998 in Lenawee County, , , Michigan; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, , Lenawee County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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HAMPTON - Lois Norris Hill, 89, Hampton passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 in the Signature of Elizabethton.

A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the Ray & Jennie Simerly Norris. Lois was retired from North American Rayon Corporation after 42 years of service. She attended Harmony Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Glen Hill who passed away August 1, 1981 and by three sisters: Georgia Hill, Ruth Teague and Belle Hyder.

Survivors include a daughter: Terri Berry & husband Mark, Hampton. Three Grandchildren: Adam Berry, Bluffton, South Carolina, Billy Berry & Wife Codie and Taylor Berry. One Sister: Joyce Ramsey, Winston-Salem, NC. A special Niece & Nephew: Margaret & Lewis Deloach.

Funeral Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 2, 2017 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Doug Hinshaw officiating. Interment will follow in the Rittertown Baptist Church Cemetery. Active Pallbearers will be: Billy Berry, Adam Berry, Lewis Deloach, Paul Smith and Bobby Ramsey.