1. | Ray N. Norris was born in Apr 1894 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 10 Feb 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Simerly Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
"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]
Children:
- 2. Living
- 3. Living
- 4. Belle Norris was born about 1926 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 10 Feb 1998 in Lenawee County, , , Michigan; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, , Lenawee County, Michigan.
- 5. Lois Norris was born about 1928 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 31 Jul 2017 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Rittertown Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
- 6. Edward Norris was born on 15 Dec 1930 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 29 Dec 1930 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Simerly Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
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