Lucille A. Norton

Lucille Anne Brown Norton was born to Martin and Mabel Brown on April 6, 1920. She and her sisters, Alice Mckinnon and Gladys Pitts, grew up on their parent’s homestead in rural Wise County. Because she was a child during the Great Depression, she learned to be thrifty and to work hard. She also developed compassion for those in need.

On February 4, 1939, she married J.M “Harvey” Norton. They worked hard and established a home for their family. While Harvey was away serving in World War II, Lucille stayed at home caring for their daughters.

Together they started a business in their garage in 1952. The business grew and was incorporated as Norton Metals, Inc. in 1963. They were later joined in that business by their daughters and spouses. Several of the grandchildren have also worked in that company. What Lucille and Harvey started 64 years ago has blessed the whole family as well as many others.

Lucille had a boundless love for God and others around her. Together with Harvey and other people, they had a vision to establish a Christian School in Tarrant County. In the late 1950’s Fort Worth Christian School opened its doors. So many young lives and families have been touched by the school over the years.

Throughout her lifetime she served others. She had a great passion for those in need, especially children. She was dedicated to missions around the world and to Christ’s Haven for Children, a children’s home in Tarrant County.

Her hands were always busy. She cooked and baked. She was known for her Chicken and Dumplins, and her Black-bottom and coconut pies. She also sewed for her children and grandchildren and for others who had a need. In her later years, she and a group of women at the Hills Church of Christ made quilts and sent them all over the world.

Lucille and Harvey loved to travel. They visited all 7 continents. She loved to learn other culture, but would always say how blessed she was to be an American.

As a child, she walked the dusty roads of Wise County. As a wife and mother, she walked with a gentle Savior. She walked on mountaintops and she walked in valleys. She walked on glaciers and she walked on seashores. She walked on avenues in great cities and she walked on dusty roads of African villages. She walked where Jesus walked. She walked with love, compassion, grace and faithfulness. Her pace slowed in the last few years and she had to walk with assistance. But because her hope was in the Lord, she has “mounted up on eagle’s wings and soared”! Today we have confidence that there is gold beneath those feet!

What a legacy of love and faithfulness she has left to four more generations!

Survivors include her daughters, Judy Dunlap and husband, Larry of Haslet, Texas, Jane Scott and her husband, Dale, of Graford, Texas, and Joyce Yates and her Husband, Larry, of Bridgeport, Texas, 7 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by 3 nephews and a host of friends and family.

Arrangements under the direction of Shannon Rufe Snow Drive Funeral Chapel, Fort Worth, TX.