Obituary of Daniel Tommy Norman

Daniel Thomas Norman was born in Tyler Smith County, Texas. He was named after his two grandfathers, Thomas Norman and Daniel Grooms, his parents were Virgil Emmett Norman and Lorene Grooms both of the Bell Community, Troup. Tommy passed away November 16, 2014 at 3:00 pm at the Overton Health Care Center. Tommy lived the last 16 years in the Overton Health Care Center, Rusk County Texas, Tommy played music for the patients and some of the area churches that came to the Nursing home. He loved country western music and he married the love of his life on August 9, 2003, in the Overton Nursing Home to Bathsheba George, He was preceded in death by his parents Virgil Norman and Lorene Grooms, grandmothers, Geneva D. Norman and Gertie Scates, uncles and aunts, Lois and Herbert Flowers, Mildred and Webb Hamptom, Douglas Norman and his cousin Janie Sue Hickman. Tommy is survived by James and Sue Hickman of Comanche, TX; his wife Sheba Norman of Overton; and several cousins. Tommy was handicap all of his life, but he did not let his disability way him down, due to his handicap Tommy had many friends thru the CB network, that knew him as “Tom Cat”. Funeral services for Tommy will be 10:00 am, Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Cottle Funeral Home Chapel, Troup with Reverend Tommy Harden Arp Emmanuel Baptist Church officiating. The family appreciates the love and care of Dr. Khoren Hekimian and staff from the Overton Health Care Center.