Norman L Stout

Norman was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of

Lawrence, Sr. and Beatrice Stout, who preceded him in death. He is the

youngest of three children: sister Barbara Andrews, deceased, and brother

Lawrence Stout, Jr. who still resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Norman began his career working in the family trucking business. A few

years later, he became one of the first Black bus drivers out of Pittsburgh

hired by the Greyhound Bus Lines. After leaving Greyhound, Norman

started the Cleveland branch of the Stout Trucking family business.

Norman loved the trucking business and quickly gained the respect of

other independent owned companies, (i.e. Bonnie Speed, Midway Delivery,

Industrial Transport and Friendly), to name a few. " Norm", as he was

called, was a good mechanic and was known by his neighbors to always

have a backyard of cars when he was at home belonging to friends, in need

of repair. Trucking and cars were his passion.

Norman spent most of his adult living and working years in Cleveland,

Ohio and was a resident of the LeeSeville-Miles community. In 1972 he

met Shirley, and they were united in 1974. Norman was a quiet person and

when not working, preferred staying at home with family. Norman also

enjoyed visiting family in California, Atlanta, Georgia, and Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania. He went to all the family reunions while his health permitted.

He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, watching sports and other special

programs on television. On March 20, 2005, Norman was baptized and

became a member of the Lee-Seville Baptist Church, where he remained a

member until illness prevented his participation.

Norman leaves to mourn his passing and cherish his memory, his wife

of 46 years, Shirley, brother Lawrence Stout, Jr., stepdaughters Charlene

Smith (Enorris, Sr.) of Euclid, Ohio, Sheryl Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia,

Grandchildren Erik CJ. Smith (Ebony), Enorris Smith, Jr. (Tiffany),

Shawnte Johnson (Steven), Shavon Smith, Jillian, William and Charles

Bennett, 14 great-grandchildren, a host of family members and "familylike friends.