James Browning Norris, 67, adopted son of Kenneth E. and Edith Bryant Norris, was born April 26, 1940, in Logan County, W. Va. He died Sept. 16, 2007, at his home at Summersville.
He married Robin Lynn Prather. They had two children, Jimmy and Olga.
Mr. Norris enjoyed visiting with friends, hunting and putting puzzles together with his wife and daughter.
He was preceded in death by his adopted parents; his previous wife, Olga Rose Horvath Norris; sisters, Mary Gay and Kitty Baier; and his birth parents, Van Buren Browning II and Gracie Marie Workman Browning.
Surviving are his wife of 28 years of Summersville; two sons, James E. Norris of West Virginia and Jimmy Lee Norris of Summersville; two daughters, Sheryl Ann Norris of West Virginia and Olga Rose Norris of Summersville; two sisters, Katrina Lily Workman and Susie Crowder of West Virginia; one brother, Van Buren Browning III; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services are noon Saturday at the Norris family home at Summersville under the direction of Bradford Funeral Home. Burial of the ashes is at a later date at Glengary, W. Va.
