Ethel "Punch" Norris was the second of seven children of John Samuel Norris and Mattie Lavenia Greene Norris. She was born in May 23, 1912 in (probably Quitman) Gergia and died September 4, 1960 in Charlotte, Florida.
She was married twice, but had no children. Ethel graduated from high school when the family was living in Quittman, GA.After she graduated from high school, she married William Edward Spratlin, a man who worked for her father. Ed was one of her father's trusted supervisors. He was a good deal older than Punch. Ed and Punch moved around with the family sawmill business. Often, when Sam was out negotiating land and transportation for the next mill, Ed and Ethel would stay behind and close out the previous milling operation.
In 1936, Ethel left Ed and moved first to Atlanta. Ed continued to work for his ex-father-in-law in Camp Hill. Ethel moved on to Washington, DC, and for a time, Ed followed her there. They had divorced by 1938. She started an employment agency that provided temporary help for government offices. In this capacity,
she met John M. "Jack" Devlin, a widower with four children, some of whom were grown.
Jack worked as an editor for the Congressional Ways and Means committee and travelled with members of this group frequently on fact-finding trips to Europe. Jack suffered a stroke, which kept him from traveling. During this time, she and Jack were in Italy with Jack's congressional group and he suffered a stroke. He left is job with the government.
As Jack’s health deteriorated and after Punch’s cancer was diagnosed, the couple moved to Lakeland, Florida for their health. Punch battled lung cancer the last six years of her life. Doctors removed part of one lung and declared her cancer free for some time. She "died of her cure" on September 4, 1960.
She was married twice, but had no children. Ethel graduated from high school when the family was living in Quittman, GA.After she graduated from high school, she married William Edward Spratlin, a man who worked for her father. Ed was one of her father's trusted supervisors. He was a good deal older than Punch. Ed and Punch moved around with the family sawmill business. Often, when Sam was out negotiating land and transportation for the next mill, Ed and Ethel would stay behind and close out the previous milling operation.
In 1936, Ethel left Ed and moved first to Atlanta. Ed continued to work for his ex-father-in-law in Camp Hill. Ethel moved on to Washington, DC, and for a time, Ed followed her there. They had divorced by 1938. She started an employment agency that provided temporary help for government offices. In this capacity,
she met John M. "Jack" Devlin, a widower with four children, some of whom were grown.
Jack worked as an editor for the Congressional Ways and Means committee and travelled with members of this group frequently on fact-finding trips to Europe. Jack suffered a stroke, which kept him from traveling. During this time, she and Jack were in Italy with Jack's congressional group and he suffered a stroke. He left is job with the government.
As Jack’s health deteriorated and after Punch’s cancer was diagnosed, the couple moved to Lakeland, Florida for their health. Punch battled lung cancer the last six years of her life. Doctors removed part of one lung and declared her cancer free for some time. She "died of her cure" on September 4, 1960.
Ethel "Punch" Norris was the second of seven children of John Samuel Norris and Mattie Lavenia Greene Norris. She was born in May 23, 1912 in (probably Quitman) Gergia and died September 4, 1960 in Charlotte, Florida.
She was married twice, but had no children. Ethel graduated from high school when the family was living in Quittman, GA.After she graduated from high school, she married William Edward Spratlin, a man who worked for her father. Ed was one of her father's trusted supervisors. He was a good deal older than Punch. Ed and Punch moved around with the family sawmill business. Often, when Sam was out negotiating land and transportation for the next mill, Ed and Ethel would stay behind and close out the previous milling operation.
In 1936, Ethel left Ed and moved first to Atlanta. Ed continued to work for his ex-father-in-law in Camp Hill. Ethel moved on to Washington, DC, and for a time, Ed followed her there. They had divorced by 1938. She started an employment agency that provided temporary help for government offices. In this capacity,
she met John M. "Jack" Devlin, a widower with four children, some of whom were grown.
Jack worked as an editor for the Congressional Ways and Means committee and travelled with members of this group frequently on fact-finding trips to Europe. Jack suffered a stroke, which kept him from traveling. During this time, she and Jack were in Italy with Jack's congressional group and he suffered a stroke. He left is job with the government.
As Jack’s health deteriorated and after Punch’s cancer was diagnosed, the couple moved to Lakeland, Florida for their health. Punch battled lung cancer the last six years of her life. Doctors removed part of one lung and declared her cancer free for some time. She "died of her cure" on September 4, 1960.
She was married twice, but had no children. Ethel graduated from high school when the family was living in Quittman, GA.After she graduated from high school, she married William Edward Spratlin, a man who worked for her father. Ed was one of her father's trusted supervisors. He was a good deal older than Punch. Ed and Punch moved around with the family sawmill business. Often, when Sam was out negotiating land and transportation for the next mill, Ed and Ethel would stay behind and close out the previous milling operation.
In 1936, Ethel left Ed and moved first to Atlanta. Ed continued to work for his ex-father-in-law in Camp Hill. Ethel moved on to Washington, DC, and for a time, Ed followed her there. They had divorced by 1938. She started an employment agency that provided temporary help for government offices. In this capacity,
she met John M. "Jack" Devlin, a widower with four children, some of whom were grown.
Jack worked as an editor for the Congressional Ways and Means committee and travelled with members of this group frequently on fact-finding trips to Europe. Jack suffered a stroke, which kept him from traveling. During this time, she and Jack were in Italy with Jack's congressional group and he suffered a stroke. He left is job with the government.
As Jack’s health deteriorated and after Punch’s cancer was diagnosed, the couple moved to Lakeland, Florida for their health. Punch battled lung cancer the last six years of her life. Doctors removed part of one lung and declared her cancer free for some time. She "died of her cure" on September 4, 1960.
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