Norvil "Wade" Salter

Funeral service for Mr. Norvil Wade Salter, 75, of McKenzie will be held at Johnson Funeral Home on 2:30pm on Sunday, August 16 2020 with Elder Steve Tolbert officiating. Burial will follow at Bushfield Cemetery (Bethel Primitive Baptist Church). The family will receive friends from 6-8pm Saturday night at the funeral home. Mr. Salter passed away on Thursday at his home.

Survivors include his wife of 55 years Joyce Rainer Salter; his children Connery Salter (Paula), Missy Gomes (Manny), and Brandon Salter; grandchildren Justin Riley (Jennifer), Amanda Riley (Robert), Rachel Lee (Jacob), Ashley Riley, Nathanael Salter, Hannah Salter, and Lissa Gomes; great grandchildren Willis Riley, Fischer Lee, and Pearson Riley; mother Jeanette Salter; siblings Donald Salter (Mickey), Shelia Stayrook, Genie Sullivan (Bruce), Charlotte Mancil (Wendell), Bruce Salter (Julie), and Tina Daw (Jerry); several nieces and nephews and friends.

He is preceded in death by his father Norvil David Salter; and brother Gordon Salter.

Mr. Salter was a boilermaker/welder by trade for most of his life and was considered to be a highly skilled welder. He worked for Boilermakers Union Local 112 out of Mobile, AL. He was a Primitive Baptist Church member and served as a Deacon for numerous years. He served in the United States Air Force for two years.

He was an avid Alabama Fan. He was talented in grafting trees and sketching people and buildings. In his younger years, he loved to quail hunt and going fishing. He was a loving husband, supportive father, and a wonderful grandfather.