THE OBITUARY
HIS LIFE, HIS LOVE, HIS LEGACY
“TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON” ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8
GOD PREDETERMINED THE EVENTS OF LIFE:
TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON, AND A TIME TO EVERY PURUPOSE UNDER
THE HEAVEN: A TIME TO BE BORN, AND A TIME TO DIE; A TIME PLANT, AND A
TIME TO BUILD UP; A TIME TO HEAL, AND A TIME TO LAUGH; A TIME TO WEEP,
AND A TIME TO MOURN; A TIME TO KEEP, AND A TIME TO CAST AWAY; A TIME TO
LOVE AND A TIME OF PEACE
A TIME TO BE BORN
TONY NORWOOD JR. BKA JILL, WAS BORN TO THE LATE TONY NORWOOD SR AND
LILLIE BELL BARRON ON NOVEMBER 27, 1944.
A TIME TO LEARN
HE ATTENDED COXHEALTH JR HIGH IN SWEETWATER AND GRADUATED FROM
MARENGO HIGH SCHOOL, DIXON MILLS, AL IN 1964.
A TIME TO SERVE
TONY NORWOOD JR CONFESSED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND JOINED THE ST.
PAUL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV. S. W.
RODGERS. HE SERVED AS A FAITHFUL MEMBER AND TRUSTEE UNTIL HIS HEALTH
FAILED.
A TIME TO REJOICE
TONY MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, MAGGIE ADAMS. THEY WERE UNITED IN HOLY
MATRIMONY ON FEBRUARY 11, 1970. THEY REMAINED MARRIED FOR 51 YEARS.
TO THIS UNION, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH SIX CHILDREN: DAUGHTER JANET
NORWOOD, GRAND-DAUGHTER KRISTI, GRANDSON MELVIN JR., AND GREAT-
GRAND DAUGHTER LAYLA GRACE, ALL PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
A TIME TO WORK
TONY WAS EMPLOYED WITH MCMILLIAN BLOEDEL WHICH LATER CHANGED TO
WEYHAUSER, IN PINE HILL, AL. FOR 39 + YEARS
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