Norma Lou Hughes

Norma Lou Dennis Hughes passed from this life at the age of 81 on Friday, September 6, 2024 in Fort Worth, TX. Norma was born August 28, 1942 to JD (Jack) and Lorene Dennis in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She spent the majority of her early years living around the Johnston County area of Oklahoma. Norma's family moved a lot as she grew up, living in California, Arizona and Texas. She graduated from Birdville High School in Fort Worth, Texas in 1960 and then Denison Business School. While working for a couple of years with her parents in their store in Coleman, OK, she went to Oklahoma City to work and decided that place was not for her. She eventually she took a job at Southwestern Bell Phone Company in Dallas, TX where she was introduced to her husband Bruce in early 1965 through a mutual friend. They married 6 months later on Thanksgiving day, November 25, 1965 in a small Baptist church in Dallas. Norma and Bruce bought their first home in Garland and in June, 1970, they welcomed their daughter Lorinda to the family. Three years later, after moving to Norman, OK, they welcomed their son Kirk in October,1973. In 1975, they moved back to Garland where they lived for 30 years before retiring and moving to Fort Worth. Norma spent her many years being a stay-at-home mom involved in PTA, Campfire Girls, Boy Scouts, her church and sewing as much as she possibly could. In 1981, she took a part-time job with Klenzade, a subsidiary of Ecolab, as a secretary, and by 1983, was hired on full-time where she would work until she retired in 2005. In her later years, and before retirement, she and Bruce enjoyed Jeeping all over the country. They would take their grandson Tyler on many of these trips. She enjoyed these trips with her family and friends and was thankful for their group of good people they were able to “run" with and keep life entertaining. Norma was preceded in death by her parents, JD (Jack and Lorene Dennis), brother Larry Dennis, nephew Casey Dennis along with her aunts and uncle. She is survived by her loving husband Bruce Hughes, son, Kirk Hughes, daughter and her husband, Lorinda and Earl Mitchell, grandchildren, Tyler McCarty, Rachael Mitchell, Morgan & Anthony Colbert, Hannah & Steele Hinds, great grandchildren, Corbin Hinds and Mac Colbert, many nieces & nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great, great nieces & nephews. Funeral services to honor and celebrate Norma’s life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at the Coleman Church of Christ in Coleman, Oklahoma with Reverend Jeff Willingham to officiate. Interment to follow at the Coleman Cemetery. Friends and family may leave online condolences for the family on our website at www.dearmanfuneralhome.com. Arrangements were made under the direction and care of DeArman-Clark Funeral Home in Tishomingo.

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Norma Lou Hughes

August 28, 1942 - September 6, 2024