Norma Carol Boyd Gable

She was born in the Flat Rock community of Villa Rica, Georgia on December 18, 1944, the daughter of the late Hugh White Boyd and the late Ruby Mae Newell Boyd. She grew up in the Flat Rock Community and played the piano at Flat Rock Baptist Church. Norma graduated valedictorian from Villa Rica High School. After graduating, she took a job at the C & S Bank in Douglasville where she met and soon after, married Harlan Gable, the love of her life. She was blessed with the birth of her first child, Joe, in 1966, and then blessed again in 1970 with the birth of her second child, Ben.

Norma was a very active in and has been a member of the First Baptist Church Douglasville for many years. She was a choir member for many decades and played in the church handbell choir. She was an active member of the LOVE Sunday school class and was close friends with the ladies in that class. Norma loved her family dearly and ensured they had three home-cooked meals every day. Of the many jobs and positions she held over the years, the one she cherished the most was being a homemaker and caring for her family. The words "sweet" and "kind" do not even begin to describe her. She was affectionately known as" Noni" by her family.

Norma worked at her husband's State Farm Agency after her children grew up. After her beloved husband's death in 1992, Norma moved to Athens, Georgia, and enrolled at the University of Georgia. She obtained her B.A. in March of 1998, with a major in Psychology. She graduated summa cum laude and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She then moved back to Douglasville, Georgia, and soon became a flight attendant with Delta Airlines, and finished her work career with the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles in the Office of the Commissioner.

During her post-graduate years, she was blessed with the birth of her two grandsons, Hunter and Chase, whom she absolutely worshipped and adored. Norma had many hobbies and interests, including reading, gardening, cooking, traveling, music, and sewing, even making many of her own dresses for a number of years. She was especially proud of her collection of pretty orchids, which seemed to bloom at her command.

Mrs. Gable is survived by her sons, Joe Lanier Gable and Ben Harlan Gable (Christy); grandchildren, Hunter Lanier Gable and Chase Harlan Gable; nephew, Carlton "Hugh" Boyd, Jr (Trudy); and several great-nieces and great-nephews.

Mrs. Gable is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harlan Lanier Gable; brother Carlton Hugh Boyd, Sr., and nephew Jeffery Alan Boyd.

Funeral services for Mrs. Gable will be held Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at the First Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia with Dr. John Pennington officiating. Graveside services will follow in the Douglasville City Cemetery.

The family of Mrs. Gable will receive family and friends on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 from 12:00 noon until the funeral hour of 2:00 PM at the Douglasville First Baptist Church. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Carlton Hugh Boyd, Jr., James Boyd "J.B." Casey, Marshall James, Andy Ledbetter, Kirk Gable, and Charles James Taly, Ill.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested that financial contributions be made to Samaritan's Purse. https://samaritanspurse.org

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