Clara V. Norwood^[1]

1939 - 2008  (69 years)

• Name	Clara V. Norwood
  Born	17 Feb 1939	Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	District 1, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	27 Mar 2008	South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Center, Vineland, New Jersey   [3, 4, 5]
  Buried	1 Apr 2008	Woodruff Methodist Cemetery
  Person ID	I96647	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Rufus Lemuel Gerard Norwood,   b. 4 Jan 1892, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Apr 1975, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Bertie Elinor Ramsey,   b. 21 Mar 1902, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Apr 1963, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years)
  Married	2 May 1919	Cocke County, Tennessee   [6]
  Family ID	F35182	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Bradway
  Children	+ 1. Marcia Bradway + 2. Karen Bradway + 3. Tracy Bradway   4. David Bradway   5. Richard Bradway
  Family ID	F35217	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Feb 1939 - Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 186. [S112] Census, 1940. Name Clara Norwood Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Civil District 1, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Female Age 1 Marital Status Single Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Daughter Relationship to Head of Household Daughter Birthplace Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated) 1939 HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Rufus Norwood Head M 49 Tennessee Bertie Norwood Wife F 38 Tennessee Burl Norwood Son M 20 South Carolina Haze Norwood Son M 18 South Carolina Juanita Norwood Daughter F 17 South Carolina Evan Norwood Daughter F 15 Tennessee Vera Norwood Daughter F 14 Tennessee Mildred Norwood Daughter F 12 Tennessee Jewel Norwood Daughter F 10 Tennessee Christine Norwood Daughter F 10 Tennessee Betty Joe Norwood Daughter F 7 Tennessee Johny Norwood Son M 5 Tennessee Bob Norwood Son M 3 Tennessee Clara Norwood Daughter F 1 Tennessee [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 17 Aug 2010. Dorothy Vera "Mamaw" Rice obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, 31 Mar 2008. Clara V. Bradway (nee Norwood), 69, of Bridgeton, died suddenly Thursday evening, March 27, 2008, upon arrival for emergency medical treatment at South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Center, in Vineland. She was born in DeRio, Tenn., and moved to New Jersey to work at the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, in Bridgeton after graduating from Cocke County High School, in Tennessee. Mrs. Bradway also attended Cumberland County College. Before moving to her current Bridgeton address 16 years ago, she lived in Upper Deerfield Township. Mrs. Bradway also worked at Kimble Glass and sold World Book Encyclopedias. While she raised her children, she was a homemaker. Clara enjoyed bowling, yard sales, country and western music, Sunset Lake and the park area, playing pinochle, going camping and campfires. She was active and supportive of her children with their music lessons, art classes, Girl Scouts, swimming and sports. She was an auxiliary member for her bowling league, and a board member at North Cumberland Cinderella Softball. She loved her grandchildren most of all. Clara was a loving mother, and is survived by three daughters and two sons, Marcia Pollock and husband, Michael, Karen Sickler and husband, Elwood, and Tracy Meehan and husband, Stephen, all of Upper Deerfield Township, David Bradway and wife, Jackie, of Woodbury, and Richard Bradway and companion, Maryann Flemming, of Laurel Lake. She also leaves to cherish her memories, 13 grandchildren, Richard, Robert, Crystal and Corrine Bradway, Scott Brown, Ryan Bradway, Jeffrey and Jessica Meehan, Elwood, Matthew and Katelynn Sickler and Michael and Candace Pollock; and 6 great-grandchildren. Additional survivors include 7 sisters and one brother, Eyvone Brewer, of Pa., Lois Lambe, Mildred Curcio and Jewel Horner, of N.J., Christine Russ, of N.C., Betty Scott, Vera Rice and Bob Norwood, all of Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Rufus L. and Bertie Ramsey Norwood; three sisters, Grace Vanleer, Johnnie Rae Price and Molly Norwood; and four brothers, Henry, Jack, Hazel and Burl Norwood. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, April 1, at the Freitag Funeral Home, 137 W. Commerce St., in Bridgeton, with Rev. Don Knott, of the South Vineland United Methodist Church, officiating. The burial will take place at the Woodruff Methodist Cemetery, in Upper Deerfield Township. Friends will be received at the funeral home Tuesday afternoon from 1 until 2. Written condolences and tributes may be expressed to the family via the funeral home Web site, freitagfuneralhome.com. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 415-60-2702. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Rufus Norwood Event Type Marriage Event Date 02 May 1919 Event Place Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Bertie Ramsey Spouse's Gender Female Page 397 "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12701-29577-12?cc=1619127 : accessed 18 October 2015), 004485968 > image 1710 of 2062; county courthouses, Tennessee.