Funeral services for James B. Norris, age 81 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Norris passed away Sunday in Lincoln Care Center.
He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Murphy Norris and Janie Bill Edwards. Mr. Norris was retired from the Tennessee National Guard and a retired Independent Insurance Agent. He was a member of the West End Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife Sherry Groce Norris of Fayetteville, daughter Kay Daniel of Fayetteville, two sons, Jimmy Norris of Daytona, FL, and Tim Norris of Shelbyville, step-daughters Denise Towry of Fayetteville and Melanie Patterson of Murfreesboro, sister Melba Ollis of Fayetteville, eight grandchildren and eleven geat-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Judes Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Visitation with the family will be Friday evening 5-8 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home.