Mr. Robert Lewis "Bobby" Norris, 81, of Woodland Mills died 3:55 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.

Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Monday at Lake Road Baptist Church near Union City. Brother Jerry Leggett and Brother Chip Davis will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends at Lake Road Baptist Church from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Sunday and from 11:00 a.m. until the hour of services Monday.

Pallbearers will be Richard Ledford, James Cruce, Carol Thomas, Robert McCullough, Roger Dunn, Darold Gamblin and Deron Sturgeon.

Honorary pallbearers will be James Palmer, Norval Cranford, James Henson and Stanley Parker.

Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Norris was born April 20, 1931, in Tiptonville, son of the late John Love Norris Sr. and the late Izella (Finley) Norris. He was a charter member of Lake Road Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. He had been employed at the former Reelfoot Packing Company and was a farmer.

He is survived by his wife, Betty (Williams) Norris of Woodland Mills; his step daughter, Michelle Costello of Union City; two sisters, Helen Jean Norris Hyde of Union City and Doris Ruth Norris Albin of Memphis; his brother and sister-in-law, Charles T. "Tinker" and Peggy Norris of Tiptonville; his step granddaughter, Allie Costello of Union City; his step grandson, Seth Stepp of South Fulton; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Maxine (Johnson) Norris; two sisters, Mary Ann Norris and Virginia Dare Norris Colvard; and three brothers, Joe Finley Norris, John Love "Goat" Norris Jr., and George Bitner "Sonny" Norris.

Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home
731-885-1033