Ethel M. Norton

1914 - 2015

Ethel M. Norton obituary, 1914-2015, Savannah, GA

BORN

1914

DIED

2015

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Baker McCullough Funeral Home - Garden City Chapel

2794 Highway 80 W

Garden City, Georgia

Ethel Norton Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 16, 2015.

Ethel M. Norton: Savannah, Ga.

Mrs. Ethel M. Rahn Horne Norton, of Savannah, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at the age of 100.

A daughter of the late Jacob Irvin Rahn, Sr. and Missouri Anna Rich Rahn, she was born October 23, 1914 in Savannah. Mrs. Norton was a homemaker and mother, a charter member of Silk Hope Baptist Church in Garden City, member of Palestine Chapter 249 of the Eastern Star, former Sunday School Teacher, former Girl Scout Leader, and a member of the Fidelis Sunday School Class at Silk Hope Baptist Church. Mrs. Norton was a descendant of the original Salzberger's. She was twice married, first to Mr. Walter "Buster" N. Horne and then to Mr. Lonnie C. Norton, both which preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Eddie Arthur Horne.

She is survived by six children, Walter D. (Gay Nell) Horne, Albert N. (Lois) Horne, Betty H. (Levis) Yawn, Melvin A. Horne, Edward A. (Bonnie) Horne, and Barbara H. Todd (Joseph) Horne, by a sister, Edna (Horace) Moss, fourteen grandchildren, and a number of great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 2:00 P.M., at Silk Hope Baptist Church with Reverend Jonathan Phillips officiating.

Mrs. Norton will lie in state from 1:00 p.m. until the service time on Tuesday at Silk Hope Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends at the Fairhaven Funeral Home-Garden City Chapel from 6 until 8 P.M. on Monday evening.

The family respectfully requests that in lieu of flowers that memorials be made to The Silk Hope Baptist Church Activity Building Fund, 4929 Pineland Drive, Savannah, Ga. 31405 in memory of Mrs. Ethel M. Norton.

Interment will be in Bonaventure Cemetery.

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January 19, 2015

Coleen Rahn Biezenbos

My condolences to the Horn family and blessings to you all.

January 19, 2015

Remembering Aunt Ethel in her car, flying past Daddy's house on her way to church. Most people her age had given up driving long ago!!!
She was one special women!!!

Caryl & Rick Rehrig(Lancaster,SC)

January 19, 2015

So sorry to hear of Ms Horns passing, may she RIP.Our condolences to her family.

January 18, 2015

Donnie Brannen

So sorry to hear of Mrs. Norton's loss. The fruit of a long life well lived is the number waiting for us on the other side, and the number left to grieve here. May God's comfort be yours during this time.

January 18, 2015

Jerry Rustin

So sorry to read of your loss.

January 18, 2015

Randy & Betty Myrick

With a heavy heart, may you rest in peace, dear Granny.. You were such a wonderful Grandmother to me, eventhough you were not biological, you always treated me as one of your own. May God take you in His arms and love you the way you have so many others...

January 17, 2015

Steve & Fran Todd

Our condolences to the family. Praying for peace and comfort for you.

January 17, 2015

Kathryn Hunter

I am sorry for your loss.

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