Marty and Karla Grant

!BIRTH:11 Jan 1936 Graham County, NC Register of Births Edna Beatrice GRAHAM d/o Charles Golman GRAHAM and Delia Bell HYDE;


!CENSUS:1940 Graham Co., NC Stecoah # 72
Gole Graham head 33 M NC 1935:Same Place. Time Keeper - WPA Road Project
Delia wife 26 M
Frances dau 9
Frankie dau 6
Betrice dau 4
Billy son 1;


!OBIT:Asheville Citizen Times
Arden - Beatrice Graham Norton, 70, of 502 Long Shoals Road, Arden, died Thursday, March 23, 2006, in a local nursing center.

She was born in Graham County and was the daughter of the late Goldman and Delia Hyde Graham. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Becky Reese and stepson, Ronald Norton. She was a member of Skyland Baptist Church, where she served in the nursery for over 30 years.

She is survived by her husband of 34 years, Dennis Norton of Arden; daughter, Karen Duncan and husband, Ray, of Horse Shoe; four grandchildren, Kayla Lowe, Graham Duncan, Gary and his wife, Leana Norton, and Angie Norton; three great-grandchildren, Alyssa, Taylor and Gracie Norton; seven sisters, Frances Autrey of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Frankie Crisp of Robbinsville, Clairene Brown of Arden, Christine Griffin of Roxboro, Brenda Blythe of Perry, Ga., Jean Dean of Charlotte and Ruby Pittman of Taylors, S.C.; brother, Bill Graham of Albuquerque, N.M.

The funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Skyland Baptist Church with the Rev. Perry Brindley officiating.

Burial will follow in Roberts Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road.

Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.

The memorial register is available at "Obituaries" at www.grocefuneralhome.com.

Published: 2006-03-25