Ruth Norris

Ruth Aline Norris 96 of Glasgow died Sunday May 31, 2009 at the Barren County Health Care Facility. She was born in Barren County the daughter of the late Orien and Virgie Bunch Glass. She was a member of Glasgow Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a former member of Lick Branch Cumberland Church where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir for many years. She was an avid quilter and loved cooking for her family and friends. She was married to Jackson Alexander Norris January 14, 1933. He preceded her in death on December 17, 1974. Beloved mother of 3 daughters, Doris Wells (Tommy), Margaret Downing Brown (Okley) and Gladys Craig all of Glasgow; one son Freddie Norris (Loretta) of Glasgow; Beloved grandmother of 13 grandchildren, Donald Downing, Melanie Norman (Gary), Vanessa Wells Gray (Franklin), Trina Wyatt (Ricky), Andy Wells (Stacey Shipley-Wells), Schellye Gentry (Paul) , Amy Bellamy (Tracy), Rodney Norris (Amanda), Brian Craig, Kevin Craig (Carol), Douglas Brown (Dorothy), Rick J. Brown (Jane) and Matthew Brown (Heather); 25 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren; 2 brothers Hurshel Glass (Ruth) and Kenneth Glass (Joyce; one sister-in-law Norma Glass Williams all of Glasgow and several nieces, nephews and many friends. In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by sisters Louise Broady (Earl), Christine Glass, Iva Mae Glass, brothers Avilee Glass (Wilma) Hubert Glass and Herman Glass and one great grandson Joshua Gentry. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday June 3, 2009 at the A. F. Crow & Son Funeral Home with burial in the Lick Branch Cemetery. Visitation will be after 5:00 PM on Tuesday and on Wednesday from 10am until time for the service. Alternate expressions of sympathy may be made to the Lick Branch Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, The Gideon