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Submitted: 7/26/22 • Approved: 7/26/22 • Last Updated: 7/29/22 • R527715-G527715-S3
Ezra H. Norton
January 17, 1888-May 13, 1976
Avis Palmer Norton
May 21, 1888-December 30, 1959
To know her was to love her
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Ezra H. Norton
HEREFORD - (Special) - Services for Ezra H. Norton, 88, of Hereford will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the First Christian Church here. Officiating will be Dr. John Bridwell, pastor of First Christian Church of Amarillo.
Burial will follow in West Park Cemetery here under the direction of Smith & So. Funeral Home of Hereford.
Norton died at home Thursday after a lengthy illness.
A native of Stephens County, he had lived in Hereford since 1898. Norton was a member of a prominent ranching and stockman family here and had operated Norton Motor Co. from 1925 to 1941.
He had been honored as Pioneer of the Year and had served as president of Mid-Plains Pioneer Association. He was active in ranching and cattle raising until 1973 when he retired. Norton was a member of First Christian Church.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Euna Hutcheon of Amarillo; a brother, H.D. of Monett, Mo.; and a granddaughter.
The family suggests memorials be made in the form of donations to favorite charities.
(Published in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Lubbock, Texas) - 14 May 1976, Fri - Page 62)
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Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: E. H. Norton
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1908
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: Avis Palmer
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Ezra Hue Norton
Gender: Male
Residence Age: 54
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1888
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: Hereford, Texas, USA
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Ezra H Norton
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 88
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1888
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 13 May 1976
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Ruben H Norton
Mother: Lou Alice Corbett
*Obituary Avis Palmer Norton
HEREFORD, Jan. 1 - Funeral rites for Mrs. Avis Palmer Norton, 71, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Russell Wingert officiating.
Burial will be in West Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland Funeral Home.
A 60-year resident of Hereford, Mrs. Norton died at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo.
She was born May 21, 1888, in Montague County, Tex. She came to Hereford with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. T.M. Palmer, in 1899, one year after the town was founded.
In 1906 in Hereford, she was married to Ezra Norton, rancher and later sheriff of Deaf Smith County.
Mrs. Norton had belonged to the Presbyterian Church since childhood.
Survivors include her husband, and one son, Palmer Norton, both of Hereford; a brother, W.L. Palmer of Amarillo, and two grandchildren, David and Nelda Kay Norton of Hereford.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 1 Jan 1960, Fri - Page 22)
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Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Avis Palmer
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1908
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: E. H. Norton
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Avis Norton
Death Date: 30 Dec 1959
Death County: Potter
Certificate: 71162
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Avis Norton
[Avis Palmer]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 71
Birth Date: 21 May 1888
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 30 Dec 1959
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: T M Palmer
Mother: Mary Avis
Contributed on 7/26/22 by neldapat
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