Teresa Charlene Gray Norman, 90, of Jayess, passed away peacefully at her home Feb. 28, 2018.
It was her request that there be no funeral service. Interment will be at Greer Cemetery in Jayess and also in Warren Memorial Cemetery in Blounts Creek, N.C., next to her husband, Bill.
She was born July 21, 1927, Jacksonville, Maine, the daughter of Grace D. Gray and Maxwell E. Gray.
Charlene, or "Charlie," grew up in Jacksonville, attending Jacksonville Methodist Church and the summer campmeetings on Gardners Lake. In Maine she attended Washington Academy in East Machias and graduated in Corinna. She later lived in Hermon, where she met her future husband Bill on a blind date and later married in Kentucky.
She was proud to be an Air Force wife and traveled and lived in different parts of the country and also the Philippines, where she learned how to oil-paint and gave away many of her works to friends and family throughout her life. She worked as a beautician and later for the Civil Service as a commissary cashier.
She and her husband settled in Jacksonville, N.C., after he retired from the Air Force and lived there for 40 years. She moved from North Carolina to Mississippi in 2002 to be near her daughter Glenda and son-in-law Mike and continued to visit Maine every summer until 2008.
Charlene was a member of the Order of the Easter Star, the Susannah Wesley Guild and the East Machias Campmeeting Association. She dearly loved the East Machias Campmeetings in Jacksonville, Maine, on Gardners Lake and was a proud owner for 30 years of the cottage that was built in 1898 for her grandmother, "Millie" Hanscom Gray. She enjoyed calling and corresponding with people near and far, making lifelong friends anywhere and everywhere. She truly was a people person who never met a stranger. She had a passion for genealogy and ancestry and amassed a large amount of information and photos that she shared with all who asked, even up to a few weeks before her passing. She kept her records in what she called her playroom.
Along with her love of oil-painting she enjoyed gardening, bird watching, photography, sewing, reading and writing. She once remarked she had never been bored a minute in her life. She had a wonderful sweet personality and great sense of humor. She will be missed by all those she touched. Her family and friends were her greatest joy, pride and treasures.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William Randolph Norman, sister and brother-in-law, Gwendolyn and Bruce Trenholm; sister-in-law, Rosanne Gray; stepmother, Phyllis Gray; stepbrother, Joe Morrill; and many beloved aunts, uncles and cousins.
She is survived by her daughter Glenda and son-in-law Mike Boyd of Jayess; brother, Kenneth Gray of Hermon, Maine; half-brother, Maxwell Gene Gray of Machias, Maine; stepsister, Mary Beal and brother-in-law Bill Beal of Davenport, Fla; three nieces and their families, Priscilla Frenette, Cynthia Little and Nancy Delong, all of Maine.
The family is grateful to the staff of Camellia Home Health and Hospice for their kind care and compassion to Ms. Teresa, as they called her. A special heartfelt thank-you to Lori Bell, Sheryl Cotton and Robbie Greer for their help and love shown to her and her family in her final days on earth.
It was her request that there be no funeral service. Interment will be at Greer Cemetery in Jayess and also in Warren Memorial Cemetery in Blounts Creek, N.C., next to her husband, Bill.
She was born July 21, 1927, Jacksonville, Maine, the daughter of Grace D. Gray and Maxwell E. Gray.
Charlene, or "Charlie," grew up in Jacksonville, attending Jacksonville Methodist Church and the summer campmeetings on Gardners Lake. In Maine she attended Washington Academy in East Machias and graduated in Corinna. She later lived in Hermon, where she met her future husband Bill on a blind date and later married in Kentucky.
She was proud to be an Air Force wife and traveled and lived in different parts of the country and also the Philippines, where she learned how to oil-paint and gave away many of her works to friends and family throughout her life. She worked as a beautician and later for the Civil Service as a commissary cashier.
She and her husband settled in Jacksonville, N.C., after he retired from the Air Force and lived there for 40 years. She moved from North Carolina to Mississippi in 2002 to be near her daughter Glenda and son-in-law Mike and continued to visit Maine every summer until 2008.
Charlene was a member of the Order of the Easter Star, the Susannah Wesley Guild and the East Machias Campmeeting Association. She dearly loved the East Machias Campmeetings in Jacksonville, Maine, on Gardners Lake and was a proud owner for 30 years of the cottage that was built in 1898 for her grandmother, "Millie" Hanscom Gray. She enjoyed calling and corresponding with people near and far, making lifelong friends anywhere and everywhere. She truly was a people person who never met a stranger. She had a passion for genealogy and ancestry and amassed a large amount of information and photos that she shared with all who asked, even up to a few weeks before her passing. She kept her records in what she called her playroom.
Along with her love of oil-painting she enjoyed gardening, bird watching, photography, sewing, reading and writing. She once remarked she had never been bored a minute in her life. She had a wonderful sweet personality and great sense of humor. She will be missed by all those she touched. Her family and friends were her greatest joy, pride and treasures.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William Randolph Norman, sister and brother-in-law, Gwendolyn and Bruce Trenholm; sister-in-law, Rosanne Gray; stepmother, Phyllis Gray; stepbrother, Joe Morrill; and many beloved aunts, uncles and cousins.
She is survived by her daughter Glenda and son-in-law Mike Boyd of Jayess; brother, Kenneth Gray of Hermon, Maine; half-brother, Maxwell Gene Gray of Machias, Maine; stepsister, Mary Beal and brother-in-law Bill Beal of Davenport, Fla; three nieces and their families, Priscilla Frenette, Cynthia Little and Nancy Delong, all of Maine.
The family is grateful to the staff of Camellia Home Health and Hospice for their kind care and compassion to Ms. Teresa, as they called her. A special heartfelt thank-you to Lori Bell, Sheryl Cotton and Robbie Greer for their help and love shown to her and her family in her final days on earth.
Teresa Charlene Gray Norman, 90, of Jayess, passed away peacefully at her home Feb. 28, 2018.
It was her request that there be no funeral service. Interment will be at Greer Cemetery in Jayess and also in Warren Memorial Cemetery in Blounts Creek, N.C., next to her husband, Bill.
She was born July 21, 1927, Jacksonville, Maine, the daughter of Grace D. Gray and Maxwell E. Gray.
Charlene, or "Charlie," grew up in Jacksonville, attending Jacksonville Methodist Church and the summer campmeetings on Gardners Lake. In Maine she attended Washington Academy in East Machias and graduated in Corinna. She later lived in Hermon, where she met her future husband Bill on a blind date and later married in Kentucky.
She was proud to be an Air Force wife and traveled and lived in different parts of the country and also the Philippines, where she learned how to oil-paint and gave away many of her works to friends and family throughout her life. She worked as a beautician and later for the Civil Service as a commissary cashier.
She and her husband settled in Jacksonville, N.C., after he retired from the Air Force and lived there for 40 years. She moved from North Carolina to Mississippi in 2002 to be near her daughter Glenda and son-in-law Mike and continued to visit Maine every summer until 2008.
Charlene was a member of the Order of the Easter Star, the Susannah Wesley Guild and the East Machias Campmeeting Association. She dearly loved the East Machias Campmeetings in Jacksonville, Maine, on Gardners Lake and was a proud owner for 30 years of the cottage that was built in 1898 for her grandmother, "Millie" Hanscom Gray. She enjoyed calling and corresponding with people near and far, making lifelong friends anywhere and everywhere. She truly was a people person who never met a stranger. She had a passion for genealogy and ancestry and amassed a large amount of information and photos that she shared with all who asked, even up to a few weeks before her passing. She kept her records in what she called her playroom.
Along with her love of oil-painting she enjoyed gardening, bird watching, photography, sewing, reading and writing. She once remarked she had never been bored a minute in her life. She had a wonderful sweet personality and great sense of humor. She will be missed by all those she touched. Her family and friends were her greatest joy, pride and treasures.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William Randolph Norman, sister and brother-in-law, Gwendolyn and Bruce Trenholm; sister-in-law, Rosanne Gray; stepmother, Phyllis Gray; stepbrother, Joe Morrill; and many beloved aunts, uncles and cousins.
She is survived by her daughter Glenda and son-in-law Mike Boyd of Jayess; brother, Kenneth Gray of Hermon, Maine; half-brother, Maxwell Gene Gray of Machias, Maine; stepsister, Mary Beal and brother-in-law Bill Beal of Davenport, Fla; three nieces and their families, Priscilla Frenette, Cynthia Little and Nancy Delong, all of Maine.
The family is grateful to the staff of Camellia Home Health and Hospice for their kind care and compassion to Ms. Teresa, as they called her. A special heartfelt thank-you to Lori Bell, Sheryl Cotton and Robbie Greer for their help and love shown to her and her family in her final days on earth.
It was her request that there be no funeral service. Interment will be at Greer Cemetery in Jayess and also in Warren Memorial Cemetery in Blounts Creek, N.C., next to her husband, Bill.
She was born July 21, 1927, Jacksonville, Maine, the daughter of Grace D. Gray and Maxwell E. Gray.
Charlene, or "Charlie," grew up in Jacksonville, attending Jacksonville Methodist Church and the summer campmeetings on Gardners Lake. In Maine she attended Washington Academy in East Machias and graduated in Corinna. She later lived in Hermon, where she met her future husband Bill on a blind date and later married in Kentucky.
She was proud to be an Air Force wife and traveled and lived in different parts of the country and also the Philippines, where she learned how to oil-paint and gave away many of her works to friends and family throughout her life. She worked as a beautician and later for the Civil Service as a commissary cashier.
She and her husband settled in Jacksonville, N.C., after he retired from the Air Force and lived there for 40 years. She moved from North Carolina to Mississippi in 2002 to be near her daughter Glenda and son-in-law Mike and continued to visit Maine every summer until 2008.
Charlene was a member of the Order of the Easter Star, the Susannah Wesley Guild and the East Machias Campmeeting Association. She dearly loved the East Machias Campmeetings in Jacksonville, Maine, on Gardners Lake and was a proud owner for 30 years of the cottage that was built in 1898 for her grandmother, "Millie" Hanscom Gray. She enjoyed calling and corresponding with people near and far, making lifelong friends anywhere and everywhere. She truly was a people person who never met a stranger. She had a passion for genealogy and ancestry and amassed a large amount of information and photos that she shared with all who asked, even up to a few weeks before her passing. She kept her records in what she called her playroom.
Along with her love of oil-painting she enjoyed gardening, bird watching, photography, sewing, reading and writing. She once remarked she had never been bored a minute in her life. She had a wonderful sweet personality and great sense of humor. She will be missed by all those she touched. Her family and friends were her greatest joy, pride and treasures.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William Randolph Norman, sister and brother-in-law, Gwendolyn and Bruce Trenholm; sister-in-law, Rosanne Gray; stepmother, Phyllis Gray; stepbrother, Joe Morrill; and many beloved aunts, uncles and cousins.
She is survived by her daughter Glenda and son-in-law Mike Boyd of Jayess; brother, Kenneth Gray of Hermon, Maine; half-brother, Maxwell Gene Gray of Machias, Maine; stepsister, Mary Beal and brother-in-law Bill Beal of Davenport, Fla; three nieces and their families, Priscilla Frenette, Cynthia Little and Nancy Delong, all of Maine.
The family is grateful to the staff of Camellia Home Health and Hospice for their kind care and compassion to Ms. Teresa, as they called her. A special heartfelt thank-you to Lori Bell, Sheryl Cotton and Robbie Greer for their help and love shown to her and her family in her final days on earth.
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