Annie Ruth Norris

Mrs. Annie Ruth (Tweedy) Norris, 89, of Burkesville, Kentucky, wife of the late Rev. William Elwood Norris, passed away May 22, 2019, at her residence.

She and Rev. Norris served at a number of churches across Kentucky starting in 1968, most recently Smith Chapel in Big Clifty from 1982-83. Rev. Norris died in 1990. The Norrises were married in 1946.

Mrs. Norris was born in Leslie, Kentucky, on March 13, 1930, the daughter of Willie and Beulah Gladys (Anderson) Tweedy. She was of Methodist faith, a member of Leslie United Methodist Church, and an assembly worker for RCA.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, William Stevie Norris; grandsons William Scott Norris and James Stacy Norris; four brothers and three sisters.

She is survived by her children, Patricia Ann (Tom) Boyer of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Stacy Wayne (Diana) Norris of Burkesville; a sister, Betty Jean Graham of Indianapolis; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

The funeral was held May 25, 2019, in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home in Burkesville with Brother Sam Appleby Jr. and Brother Bud Nettles officiating. Burial was in Burkesville Cemetery.