Individual Details
Lucille Armetta HUNTER
(26 Nov 1886 - 28 Dec 1969)
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SIXTH GENERATION
851. Lucille Armetta Hunter was born on 26 Nov 1886 in Marion,Williamson County, Illinois. She died on 28 Dec 1969 in San BernadinoCounty, California.(238)
ARTICLE ON
LUCILLE ARMETA HUNTER NORMAN
1886 ? 1969
By Michael M. Norman
My grandmother, Lucy Hunter Norman, was born on her parents? farm inWilliamson County, Illinois, on November 26, 1886. The farm waslocated on State Street north of present-day Marion. Grandmother Lucywas the only female among five siblings. Her mother, Laura Jane Nase,had been married to Francis Marion Dial. The marriage produced twosons, Horatio Ransom Dial and Edward Nase Dial. After Mr. Dial?suntimely death in 1879, due to tuberculosis, Laura Dial was fortunateto meet and then marry George Washington Hunter, a son of JacobHunter, of Williamson County, who became the stepfather to her youngsons. Lucy Hunter was George W. Hunter?s first born, followed by herbrothers Samuel Nase and Lloyd Palmer.
After completing high school, Grandmother Lucy attended Ewing Girl?sCollege for two years, circa 1904, near Johnson City, which was ararity for anyone in those days, let alone a woman. After her collegeschooling, Grandmother Lucy returned to her parents? farm, which was ahappy event for her, according to my father, William Hunter Norman,because she had been extremely homesick while away at college.
On October 6th, 1914, Grandmother Lucy married William Edgar Norman atthe Hunter family farm. Grandfather Norman had taught school for atime, and around the time of his marriage, he began working for theU.S. Postal Service in Marion, retiring in the 1940?s. Their firstchild, Wilma Louise, was born in 1916, followed by William Hunter (myfather), in 1918, and Edna Lucille, in 1921. The family made theirhome on West Cherry Street in Marion.
As children, my brother Stephen, and I, were enthralled withGrandmother Lucy?s stories about her early years on her parents? farmin southern Illinois, when she visited our family in SouthernCalifornia. She told us about small bands of Indians who wandered ontothe family farm, destitute and hungry. She said that, after securingthe younger children in the relative safety of their house, herparents fed the starving wayfarers and then gave them extra clothingand food as they departed. Grandmother Lucy told of the time when sheand a girlhood friend were in an upstairs bedroom as a bolt oflightning struck the roof directly above them, knocking out a largeportion of the wall. Frightened, she said both of them hid under abed, but of course, all for naught because the damage was alreadydone.
Grandmother Lucy told us how her husband (our Grandfather Ed), hadattempted, unsuccessfully, to teach her how to drive an automobile inthe 1920?s, giving up when she steered the vehicle off the road andnearly collided with a house. She recalled the event with humor,although, she said, it was not humorous at the time it occurred. Shenever learned how to drive an automobile throughout the remainder ofher life, although she did drive the family car around the block onetime, solo, but didn?t know how to stop it when she reached thedriveway to her house. Friends and family members chased after her andwere finally able to bring the vehicle to a halt.
Believing education to be an important part of a young person?straining, she insisted that her children attend institutes of higherlearning beyond high school. My father has told of the times when he?dreturn from college (Southern Illinois Normal University ? now S.I.U.)at semester breaks vowing not to return, preferring instead to findemployment. He said he even considered enlisting in the Armed Forces,but was always persuaded by his Mother to return to college, finallygraduating in 1940. His sister, Wilma, attended a two-year businesscollege and graduated at the top of her class. His younger sister,Edna, also attended S.I.N.U. and graduated in 1943. I can recallnumerous instances when Grandmother Lucy encouraged me to ?studyhard,? and ?learn to speak in public,? during my early school years.
My Grandmother Lucy was an avid student of history and her zeal rubbedoff on me. Often I?d receive newspaper and magazine articles thatshe?d clipped regarding historical events, and my earliest historybooks were gifts from Grandma Lucy. In 1961, she gave me the originalland grant issued to her grandfather, Jacob Hunter, of FranklinCounty, IL, dated July 28, 1838, and signed by President Martin VanBuren. Someday I?ll pass it on to one of my children.
Grandmother Lucy was a spirit led person. She was a devout believer inJesus Christ and constantly exhorted her grandchildren to study God?sWord daily. I have several Bibles that she gave me in which she wroteinspirational messages. I have no doubt that she did likewise for herother grandchildren. She was also a generous person. During the darkdays of the Depression, Grandmother Lucy and her husband took invarious family members who had nowhere else to go. Additionally, sheoften prepared food, and then had her three children deliver it totheir less fortunate neighbors.
At the time of my birth during World War II, she traveled to Lincoln,Nebraska to be with my mother, who was there alone. My father had beenrecently transferred to a military base in Texas and, at the time, wasunable to bring my mother with him. Grandmother Lucy lived her faith.
Her descendents, including her children, grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren, are: Daughter Wilma Louise Norman (Charles)Mitschele and their children, Susan Kaye Miller and Charles WilliamMitschele (wife Bernice - daughters Melissa Lynn and Rebecca Suzanne);son William Hunter Norman (Mary Alice) and their children, MichaelMann Norman (wife Kay - son Matthew Michael Norman [wife Vicki -daughters Cynthia Ryanee and Tiffany Kay, and son Justin Matthew], sonJonathan Robert Norman [wife Kristal - sons Keenan Robert and KalvinNathaniel], and daughter Rebecca Mary Norman Booher [husband Mark -son Logan Andrew Hunter Booher] ) and Stephen Craig Norman; anddaughter Edna Lucille Garrison Hemphill (husband first, Don Garrison,and second, Morris Hemphill) and her daughter, Letitia (Tish)Garrison.
Grandmother Lucy divided the last twenty years of her life betweenvisiting her children and grandchildren, and spending time with TishDresser, a cousin, at their shared residences in Lindsay andHuntington Lake, California. The latter residence was located in theSierra National Forest, in the mountains above Fresno, at an elevationof nearly 9,000 feet. The rustic cabin was situated on the westernshore of a beautiful lake, the second of a trio of large, man-madereservoirs used to supply water and generate electricity to the SanJoaquin Valley far below. She loved spending summers at HuntingtonLake.
On December 28, 1969, while visiting her son William anddaughter-in-law Mary Alice at their home in Twin Peaks, CA,Grandmother Lucille Armeta Hunter Norman, at age 83 years and onemonth, died of complications of flu. She was buried in Lindsay, CA.
She lived a long life, and she was her family?s biggest fan. And Imiss her.
Michael M. Norman
PO Box 2964
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405
E-mail: charger@redrivernet.com
She was married to William Edward Norman (son of Jeremiah Cash Normanand Orlena A. Bowers) on 6 Oct 1914 in Marion, Williamson County,Illinois. William Edward Norman was born on 6 Sep 1880 in Marion,Williamson County, Illinois. He appeared on the census on 2 Jan 1920in West Marion Township, Marion City, Williamson County,Illinois.(1206) He appeared on the census on 12 Apr 1930 in WestMarion Township, Marion City, Williamson County, Illinois.(1207) Hedied on 3 Dec 1961 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida. (1208) LucilleArmetta Hunter and William Edward Norman had the following children:
+1535 i. Wilma Louise Norman.
+1536 ii. William Hunter Norman.
+1537 iii. Edna Lucille Norman.
SIXTH GENERATION
851. Lucille Armetta Hunter was born on 26 Nov 1886 in Marion,Williamson County, Illinois. She died on 28 Dec 1969 in San BernadinoCounty, California.(238)
ARTICLE ON
LUCILLE ARMETA HUNTER NORMAN
1886 ? 1969
By Michael M. Norman
My grandmother, Lucy Hunter Norman, was born on her parents? farm inWilliamson County, Illinois, on November 26, 1886. The farm waslocated on State Street north of present-day Marion. Grandmother Lucywas the only female among five siblings. Her mother, Laura Jane Nase,had been married to Francis Marion Dial. The marriage produced twosons, Horatio Ransom Dial and Edward Nase Dial. After Mr. Dial?suntimely death in 1879, due to tuberculosis, Laura Dial was fortunateto meet and then marry George Washington Hunter, a son of JacobHunter, of Williamson County, who became the stepfather to her youngsons. Lucy Hunter was George W. Hunter?s first born, followed by herbrothers Samuel Nase and Lloyd Palmer.
After completing high school, Grandmother Lucy attended Ewing Girl?sCollege for two years, circa 1904, near Johnson City, which was ararity for anyone in those days, let alone a woman. After her collegeschooling, Grandmother Lucy returned to her parents? farm, which was ahappy event for her, according to my father, William Hunter Norman,because she had been extremely homesick while away at college.
On October 6th, 1914, Grandmother Lucy married William Edgar Norman atthe Hunter family farm. Grandfather Norman had taught school for atime, and around the time of his marriage, he began working for theU.S. Postal Service in Marion, retiring in the 1940?s. Their firstchild, Wilma Louise, was born in 1916, followed by William Hunter (myfather), in 1918, and Edna Lucille, in 1921. The family made theirhome on West Cherry Street in Marion.
As children, my brother Stephen, and I, were enthralled withGrandmother Lucy?s stories about her early years on her parents? farmin southern Illinois, when she visited our family in SouthernCalifornia. She told us about small bands of Indians who wandered ontothe family farm, destitute and hungry. She said that, after securingthe younger children in the relative safety of their house, herparents fed the starving wayfarers and then gave them extra clothingand food as they departed. Grandmother Lucy told of the time when sheand a girlhood friend were in an upstairs bedroom as a bolt oflightning struck the roof directly above them, knocking out a largeportion of the wall. Frightened, she said both of them hid under abed, but of course, all for naught because the damage was alreadydone.
Grandmother Lucy told us how her husband (our Grandfather Ed), hadattempted, unsuccessfully, to teach her how to drive an automobile inthe 1920?s, giving up when she steered the vehicle off the road andnearly collided with a house. She recalled the event with humor,although, she said, it was not humorous at the time it occurred. Shenever learned how to drive an automobile throughout the remainder ofher life, although she did drive the family car around the block onetime, solo, but didn?t know how to stop it when she reached thedriveway to her house. Friends and family members chased after her andwere finally able to bring the vehicle to a halt.
Believing education to be an important part of a young person?straining, she insisted that her children attend institutes of higherlearning beyond high school. My father has told of the times when he?dreturn from college (Southern Illinois Normal University ? now S.I.U.)at semester breaks vowing not to return, preferring instead to findemployment. He said he even considered enlisting in the Armed Forces,but was always persuaded by his Mother to return to college, finallygraduating in 1940. His sister, Wilma, attended a two-year businesscollege and graduated at the top of her class. His younger sister,Edna, also attended S.I.N.U. and graduated in 1943. I can recallnumerous instances when Grandmother Lucy encouraged me to ?studyhard,? and ?learn to speak in public,? during my early school years.
My Grandmother Lucy was an avid student of history and her zeal rubbedoff on me. Often I?d receive newspaper and magazine articles thatshe?d clipped regarding historical events, and my earliest historybooks were gifts from Grandma Lucy. In 1961, she gave me the originalland grant issued to her grandfather, Jacob Hunter, of FranklinCounty, IL, dated July 28, 1838, and signed by President Martin VanBuren. Someday I?ll pass it on to one of my children.
Grandmother Lucy was a spirit led person. She was a devout believer inJesus Christ and constantly exhorted her grandchildren to study God?sWord daily. I have several Bibles that she gave me in which she wroteinspirational messages. I have no doubt that she did likewise for herother grandchildren. She was also a generous person. During the darkdays of the Depression, Grandmother Lucy and her husband took invarious family members who had nowhere else to go. Additionally, sheoften prepared food, and then had her three children deliver it totheir less fortunate neighbors.
At the time of my birth during World War II, she traveled to Lincoln,Nebraska to be with my mother, who was there alone. My father had beenrecently transferred to a military base in Texas and, at the time, wasunable to bring my mother with him. Grandmother Lucy lived her faith.
Her descendents, including her children, grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren, are: Daughter Wilma Louise Norman (Charles)Mitschele and their children, Susan Kaye Miller and Charles WilliamMitschele (wife Bernice - daughters Melissa Lynn and Rebecca Suzanne);son William Hunter Norman (Mary Alice) and their children, MichaelMann Norman (wife Kay - son Matthew Michael Norman [wife Vicki -daughters Cynthia Ryanee and Tiffany Kay, and son Justin Matthew], sonJonathan Robert Norman [wife Kristal - sons Keenan Robert and KalvinNathaniel], and daughter Rebecca Mary Norman Booher [husband Mark -son Logan Andrew Hunter Booher] ) and Stephen Craig Norman; anddaughter Edna Lucille Garrison Hemphill (husband first, Don Garrison,and second, Morris Hemphill) and her daughter, Letitia (Tish)Garrison.
Grandmother Lucy divided the last twenty years of her life betweenvisiting her children and grandchildren, and spending time with TishDresser, a cousin, at their shared residences in Lindsay andHuntington Lake, California. The latter residence was located in theSierra National Forest, in the mountains above Fresno, at an elevationof nearly 9,000 feet. The rustic cabin was situated on the westernshore of a beautiful lake, the second of a trio of large, man-madereservoirs used to supply water and generate electricity to the SanJoaquin Valley far below. She loved spending summers at HuntingtonLake.
On December 28, 1969, while visiting her son William anddaughter-in-law Mary Alice at their home in Twin Peaks, CA,Grandmother Lucille Armeta Hunter Norman, at age 83 years and onemonth, died of complications of flu. She was buried in Lindsay, CA.
She lived a long life, and she was her family?s biggest fan. And Imiss her.
Michael M. Norman
PO Box 2964
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405
E-mail: charger@redrivernet.com
She was married to William Edward Norman (son of Jeremiah Cash Normanand Orlena A. Bowers) on 6 Oct 1914 in Marion, Williamson County,Illinois. William Edward Norman was born on 6 Sep 1880 in Marion,Williamson County, Illinois. He appeared on the census on 2 Jan 1920in West Marion Township, Marion City, Williamson County,Illinois.(1206) He appeared on the census on 12 Apr 1930 in WestMarion Township, Marion City, Williamson County, Illinois.(1207) Hedied on 3 Dec 1961 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida. (1208) LucilleArmetta Hunter and William Edward Norman had the following children:
+1535 i. Wilma Louise Norman.
+1536 ii. William Hunter Norman.
+1537 iii. Edna Lucille Norman.
Events
| Birth | 26 Nov 1886 | Marion, Williamson Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Lake Creek Pct., Williamson Co., IL, ED 116 Sh 4B; Lucy A. Hunter, daughter, born Nov 1886, 13, born IL both parents born IL. | |||
| Census | 15 Apr 1910 | Marion City, East Marion Twp., Williamson Co., IL, ED 170 Sh 24A; Lucy Hunter, daughter, 23 (1886-87), single, born IL both parents born IL. Living with parents. | |||
| Marriage | 6 Oct 1914 | Marion, Williamson Co., Illinois - William Edward NORMAN | |||
| Census | 1 Jan 1920 | City of Marion, West Marion Twp., Williamson Co., IL, ED 170 Sh 1B; Lucile [sic] Norman, wife, 33 (1886), born IL both parents born IL. | |||
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | City of Marion, West Marion Twp., Williamson Co., IL, ED 27 Sh 10A; Lucille A. Norman, wife, 43 (1886-87), 28 at first marriage, born IL both parents born IL. | |||
| Death | 28 Dec 1969 | San Bernardino Co., California | | ||
| Burial | Aft 28 Dec 1969 | Lindsay, Tulare Co., California | |||
| Reference No | 6662 |
Families
| Spouse | William Edward NORMAN (1880 - 1961) |
| Child | Wilma Louise NORMAN (1916 - 2002) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Edna Lucille NORMAN (1921 - 1972) |
| Father | George Washington HUNTER (1846 - 1937) |
| Mother | Laura Jane NASE (1851 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Samuel Nase HUNTER (1888 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Lloyd Palmer HUNTER (1891 - 1976) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index.
2. Social Security Death Index.
3. CADI - post 1940.