Eunice Owen Norton

Eunice Owen Norton departed this life into God’s presence on Thursday, November 09, 2023, at the age of 95. She was born in Oloh, Mississippi on January 20, 1928 to Walter Arthur and Emma Owen. Eunice spent her childhood on a farm where she learned to put up vegetables, preservatives and jams and kept that hobby in her adult life. She and her late husband of over 60 years, Nathan Hollen Norton built a life for themselves in Lumberton, Mississippi where they raised their three children and Eunice retired as the first female Postmaster of Lumberton. She enjoyed spending time with her family and absolutely adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Eunice is preceded in death by her parents, Walter Arthur and Emma Owen; her husband, Nathan Hollen Norton and her siblings, Earl Owen, Ed Owen, Edna Gipson, Jim Owen, Elsie Williams, Virgil Owen, Maudie Hale and Lonnie Paul Owen; and her granddaughter Mary Ellen Baxter.

Left to forever cherish her memory are her children, Libby Brown Herring (Ed), Walter Norton (Janet) and Marilyn Baxter (Edward); 15 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services, Officiated by Reverend Jesse Ladner, will be held on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 3:00 PM at Little Black Creek Baptist Church in Lumberton. Friends are invited to join the family for visitation from 1:30 until the service begins.

Burial will immediately follow at Little Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery assisted by Cass Brown, Bradley Norton, Reagan Norton, Nolan Baxter, Rankin Baxter and Sonny Brown serving as pallbearers.