Norine Hood Atchison
February 7, 1917 – March 2, 2016
BOWIE – Norine Hood Atchison, 99, passed away March 2, 2016 in Nocona, TX.
The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. March 4 at The White Family Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. March 5 in the drawing room of The White Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery.
Norine was born Feb. 7, 1917 in Proctor, TX to John and Bertha (Burleson) Hood. She graduated from high school in Pecos. Norine married Laverne D. Atchison on April 12, 1935 in Pecos and was married for 53 years. She worked for 27 years as office manager and loved traveling and doing public relations work for Manuelito Navajo Childrens Home in Gallup, NM.
Norine was a wonderful seamstress, cook and did crewel stitching. She was a member of Ladies Bible Class at Carter Lake Road Church of Christ, Early Americans and the Hospital Auxiliary for many years.
In her later years she adored her great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and her compadres at Independence Hall in Bowie. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and Christian woman who touched many children’s lives.
Norine devoted her life to God and was a mother to a lot of children. She enjoyed bingo, Skip-Bo, gardening her special “African Violets” and she was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Bertha Hood; husband, Laverna Atchison; sisters, Louise Simmons and Laura Lee Stell; brother, Lester Duvall; and brother-in-law, Harmon Stell.
Norine is survived by her children, Sandy Atchison, Bowie, David Atchison and wife Linda, Toronto, OH, Julie Palmer and husband Dean, Lancaster, CA, Marilyn Daw, Chinle, AZ, Norman Atchison and wife Cathy, Gallop, NM and Lee Upshaw, Denton; grandchildren, Tracy Spivey and husband Jess, Henrietta, Dudley Sparkman and wife Lori, Comanche, Daniel Atchison, Albequerque, NM, Samuel Atchison, Dallas, Phillip Atchison and wife Samantha, Jeriah Palmer, Lancaster, CA, Joy Rubalcava and husband Jose, Las Vegas, NV, Joanna Ramos and husband Juan, Downey, CA, Joseph Palmer and wife Erika, Las Vegas, NV; numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; nieces, Patricia Simmons, Vashti and Richelle Borrego, Austin; nephews, Bruce Stell and wife Billie, Vashti, Don Stell and wife Linda, Wichita Falls, Matt Watts, Lake Dallas and Stephen Gray, Jackson Township, OH; and numerous great nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Manuelito Navajo Childrens Home at P.O. Box 58 Gallup, NM 87305.
Arrangements have been entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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