Gertrude 'Marie' Norris Lawson

Gertrude "Marie" Norris Lawson, 93, of Greencastle, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 at The Waters of Greencastle, where she had been a resident since October 2010.

Marie was born on April 25, 1923 in Greencastle to Charles and Mackie Lee Brown.

She was a 1942 graduate of Greencastle High School, a 1956 graduate of Madame C.J. Walker School, and worked locally as a beautician.

Survivors include her children, Stephen E. Norris of Pasadena, Calif., Tonia Plant of Atlanta, Ga., Linda Chadwick of Harrisburg, Pa., and DeWayne Norris of Sacramento, Calif.; sisters Betty Campbell, Charlotte Churchill and Lillian Frazier; 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, LeRoy Lawson; her former husband, Fred Norris, and a daughter, Sharon Kay Norris

Funeral services will be conducted at noon Friday, Nov. 11 in Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, Greencastle, with calling there from 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral. Interment will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery.

A golden heart stopped beating, hardworking hands at rest, God broke our hearts to prove he only takes the best.

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