Mrs. Martha Ella Johnson Norwood, 81, died Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. A private graveside service will be held Friday, May 22, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Tula Cemetery with Rev. Raymond Aven officiating. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Lafayette County, MS to the late Ludie Bowles and Theron Johnson, Mrs. Norwood was the widow of Mitchell Raines and Jake Norwood, Sr. Mrs. Norwood attended New Hope Church of God in Batesville, MS and enjoyed family gatherings, especially keeping her grandchildren.
Survivors include three daughters, Reba Ann Stevens and her husband, Ed of Coffeeville, MS, Donna Ruth Mason and her husband, Dennis of Oxford, MS, and Janet Norwood of Horn Lake, MS; three sons, Joe Glenn Raines and his wife, Pamela of Pope, MS, Jake Norwood, Jr. of Batesville, MS, and Mitchell Raines and his wife, Frances of Batesville, MS; one sister, Mattie Jo Thornburg and husband, Don of Hurricane Landing, MS; one brother, Billy Gene Johnson and wife, Betty Jean of Oxford, MS, eighteen grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren. Mrs. Norwood is preceded in death by her son Jerry Lynn Raines, her sister Louise Stripling, and her brother, Harold Wayne Johnson.
The family invites extended family and friends to livestream the service on Facebook Live on Saturday, May 22, at 2:00 p.m. Waller Funeral Home will provide a direct link through https://www.facebook.com/wallerfuneralhome/posts/3113652162007171.
Memorial contributions in Mrs. Norwood’s memory may be made to Tula Cemetery 64 CR 436, Oxford, MS 3865. For additional information or to leave an online condolence, please call 662.234.7971 or visit www.wallerfuneralhome.com.
