At 11:30 A.M. on March 16, 2018, our beautiful sister, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend, Nelta Sue Norwood (84) of Springtown, TX was ushered by angels to a place of peace and rest where she will forever live with a host of loved ones that have passed before her.The last few years of Nelta’s life were met with many challenges, from the loss of her faithful husband of 56 years to numerous health issues. Never the less, her amazing willpower to overcome allowed her to press toward the prize and finish her race.
Nelta Sue is preceded in death by her husband Lester Joe Norwood, two brothers and sisters, Mary Thompson, Vyron Davis, Laverne Davis, and Evelyn Cupp. She is survived by her loving sister, Jeannine Bingham of Odessa, TX, three children, Judith Ann Millstid of Haltom City, TX, Ricky Joe Norwood and wife Alice Norwood of Springtown, TX, and Donna Sue Perry and husband Brett Perry of Springtown, TX, six grandchildren, Stacy Millstid, Sundi Freeman, Estina Childs, Amanda Roddy, Kimberly Norwood, and Kevin Millstid, fifteen great grandchildren, Ashleigh Freeman, Abigail Childs, Alexa Freeman, Tyler Millstid, Isabella Roddy, Sydnee Millstid, Aiden Childs, Alexandria Roddy, Berkeley Roddy, Brady Millstid, Madison Childs, Presley Millstid, Cason Millstid, Lincoln Millstid, and Skylar Millstid.
Visitation will be held for family and friends at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 20th from 6pm-8pm. The home going service will be held at the First United Pentecostal Church of Odessa, TX, on Wednesday, March 21st at 10 A.M. and will be officiated by Rev. Terry Pugh.
Nelta Sue will be laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery following the home going service where she will await the sound of the trumpet.
