Mary Alice Norris, 81, formerly of Vidor, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2009 in Houston. A native of Iota, Louisiana, she was born April 9, 1927 to Sidney & Constance (Thibodeaux) Miller.
Mrs. Norris is survived by her daughters Evelyn Gilbert of Atascotia, JoJo Crutchfield and her husband Joe of Lake Sam Rayburn, Mary Louise Morgan and her husband Buddy of Surprise, Arizona, and Linda Sistrunk of Beaumont; brothers Laurence Miller, Billy Joe Miller, Wilbert Miller, and William Miller; sisters Ethel Foux, Bessie Fontenot, and Betty Broussard; grandchildren Bobby and Rhonda Gilbert, Troy and Heather Crutchfield, Hayley and Greg McDonald, Johnny and Mistie Gilbert, Xan and Jim Hummel, Billy and Patti Sistrunk, and Chris and Ana Morgan; and fifteen great-grandchildren, all of whom knew her simply by Maw Maw or Big Maw Maw; and her loving companion and baby boy BeBe.
She is preceded in death by her parents, son Michael, brother Adam, husband J.B. Norris, and her children’s father Frank Imhoff.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 10:00 am in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The family wishes to thank the angels in the form of the nurses and staff from the Vista Care Hospice Center at the Triumph Medical Center in Houston for the loving care given to their mother and Maw Maw, and her family.
