Spouse & Children

Opal Loretta Cable Carolyn Ann Norwood (1947-1953) Kathy Sue Norwood (1953-2016) Ray Linwood Norwood (1960-2015)        Marjorie Louise Stone

Brothers & Sisters

Letha Lavern Norwood (1911-1961) Paul Weldon Norwood (1917-2000) Fannie Claudine Norwood (1918-2003) Norman C. Norwood (1922-1936) Opal Lee Norwood (1926-1953) Elton Wade Norwood (1928-2012) Marion Ralph Norwood (1931-2007)

Raymond served during World War II. He was with the 106th Medical Battalion in New Guinea and the Philippines.

Raymond Eureka Norwood 1921-2003

SOUTH FULTON: Mr. Raymond Eureka Norwood, 81, formerly of Huntingdon, died on Friday, January 31 at the Union City Manor and Rehab. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, February 2 at 2:00 p.m. in the Dilday Funer al Home Chapel with Brother Mitchell Rayburn officiating. Interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Norwood was born on March 24, 1921 in Carroll County to the late Robert E. and Pearl Bond Norwood. He was a self-employed carpenter and an army veteran. His first wife, Opal Cable Norwood and his second wife, Louise Wolverton Norwood, one daughter, Carolyn Ann Norwood, two brothers, Paul Norwood and Norman Norwood and two sisters, Opal Jordan and Letha Norwood all preceded him in death. Survivors include one daughter, Kathy Norwood Yates and one son, Ray Linwood Norwood, both of Union City; two brothers, Ralph Norwood and Wade Norwood, and one sister, Claudine Heath; four grandchildren and one great-grand child.^{1 4}

Sources:

1. RE Norwood Military Service Record, WD AGO FORM 53-55
2. Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
3. Shelby County Tennessee Register of Deeds http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php
4. McKenzie Banner - (Nov/1/2003)
5. Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014
6. The World-News (Roanoke, Virginia) 6 Feb 1946, Wed Page 10