Clergy Family

Passages

Rev. Randa L. Norman

A celebration service for Rev. Randa L. Norman, age 77, of Mead will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 14 at Cross Point Camp. She was pastor of Colbert UMC at the time of her death.

She died Nov. 4, 2013.

Randa was born Feb. 19, 1936, in Cassville, Mo. She met Billee Joe Norman at Putnam City High School, and they married on May 23, 1955.

The couple was active in Lay Witness Missions. Then he entered the ministry in 1975, and she became a Local Pastor in 1994. She led both Calera and Colbert churches.

She served as a local, district, and conference officer of United Methodist Women. She also was active in the Emmaus and Chrysalis communities.

Survivors include her husband, Rev. Bill Norman, a retired Elder; sons Chuck and Kirk; daughter Kemily Norman-Wallace; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Memorials to: Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation (Rev. Randa Norman Memorial Fund).

Edith Norris

Edith Norris of Midwest City died Oct. 30, 2013. She was the mother of Rev. Sonja Tobey, pastor at Vinita-First.

Appointments

Tony T.J. Huffman to Muldrow/Roland-Trinity UMC (Muskogee District), effective Oct. 1.

Paul Overholt to retirement from Barnsdall UMC (Bartlesville), effective Oct. 1.

Darryl Owen to Withdrawn from South Coffeyville/Lenapah (Bartlesville), effective Oct. 15.

James Riggs to Ponca City-Asbury UMC (Stillwater) from Wellston UMC (Stillwater), effective Nov. 1.