Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, March 9, 1990 TAG: 9003091692
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT-NORTON, R.
NORTON, RACHEL P. BLUEFIELD, W.VA. - Rachel Porterfield Perkins Norton, of
Bluefield, W. Va., died Thursday, March 8, 1990, at her home, 2116 Mountain
View Ave., following a brief illness. A native of Wytheville, Va., she was the
daughter of the late Amanda Huffard and John Lilburn Porterfield. She was
preceded in death by her husbands, James E. Perkins and William C. Norton.
Mrs. Norton was active in civic and social affairs in Bluefield. She was a
charter member of the Mercer County Committee of the National Society of
Colonial DAmes of America in West Virginia. She was a charter member of the
East River Mountain Garden Club and had been very active in Bluefield's Main
Street Project. In addition to her daughters, Jeanette Perkins Jarrett, of the
home, and Rachel Perkins Parsons, Miami, Fla., her survivors include her
brother, John B. Porterfield, Mount Vernon, N.Y., and her grandson, Edward B.
Jarrett III, Bluefield, W. Va. A brief funeral service will be held at the
home at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday with the Rev. Thomas Sprole and the Rev. Robert
Goodrich officiating. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. in the East End Cemetery,
Wytheville. Friends may call at the home Friday, March 9, between the hours of
3:00 and 8:00 p.m. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to
the Rachel Porterfield Perkins Norton Scholarship and Memorial Fund care of
Flat Top National Bank, Bluefield, W. Va., or the charity of your choice.
Mercer Funeral Home of Bluefield, W. Va., is in charge of the arrangements.
by CNB