IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Ira Leo

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Norrell

Oct 1, 1933 — May 25, 2010

Obituary

Age 76, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Chaplain Tom Condry, Lawton officiating. Mr. Norrell died Tuesday at a local hospital. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the Funeral Home. He was born October 1, 1933 in Mayfield, Oklahoma, to Porter and Dixie (Maddox) Norrell. He was a 1953 graduate of Delhi High School and Married Verda Marita Abla on September 8, 1954 in Erick, Oklahoma. Mr. Norrell worked for C.R. Anthony as store manager from 1953 until 1967. He then went to work for AFFES as Chief Operations Manager from 1967 until 1975 traveling all over the United States from California to Washington D.C. to Massachusetts to Georgia to include overseas in the Philippines. In 1975 he became his own business owner opening Milex Service Center which he operated for 31 years until his retirement. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and had a passion for refurbishing old cars and motorcycles. He is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter and son in law, Terry Norrell and husband Briggs Sage, Lawton; a sister, Marjorie L. Whitfield, Lubbock, Texas; a sister in law, Pat Norrell, Lawton ;four nephews, Jack Norrell, Lawton, Rodney Roberts, Odessa, Texas, Robin Roberts, Lubbock, Texas, and Steve Norrell, Japan; a niece, Debbie Bringhurst, Keller, Texas. His parents and three brothers, Jack D. Norrell, Sr., Ronnie Norrell and Billy Joe Norrell, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial and Honor Program at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105-1942 or to the Robert E. Greiner School for the Handicapped, 10 SE B Avenue, Lawton OK 73501.

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