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Submitted: 3/16/21 • Approved: 3/16/21 • Last Updated: 3/19/21 • R398040-G0-S3
1938-1996
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Borger News Herald - May 1, 1996
Leon Harvey Norton, 57, Borger, died Monday, April 29, 1996 in his home.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. I. . Hopkins, pastor Harvest Time Pentecostal Church of God, assisted by the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
A native of Gainesville, he has been a lifetime resident of Borger. He was a retired pressman for the Borger News-Herald. He was a 1958 graduate of Borger High School.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Joyce Norton in 1987; and his father, Osie Norton in 1976.
Survivors include two sons, Clayton Norton of Borger; and Danny Norton of San Angelo; his mother, Francis Norton Matthews of Borger; two brothers, Gerald Norton of San Antonio; and Billy Norton of Borger; three sisters, Nona Compton, Winnie Hayes and Marilyn Myers, all of Borger; and four grandchildren.
Casketbearers will be Jimmy Blankenship, Troy Hopkins, Brandon Norton, C. W. Bogess, Gary Scott, and Gene Compton.
Contributed on 3/16/21 by neldapat
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