OBITUARY: Annie Blythe Norfleet

Annie Blythe Tomlin Norfleet, age 97, of Smyrna, TN left this world on July 19, 2019.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Abb and Maude Tomlin; husband, Robert “Bob” Norfleet; daughters, Joan Mooney and Stella Cathey Kerr; brothers, Leon Tomlin, James Tomlin, Grady Tomlin and Johnny Tomlin;and sisters, Maggie McNeely, Lucille Cathey, Sara Mosley, Ruby Maxwell, Frances Giles, Catherine Chunn, and Lourene Veach.

Funeral services will Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. with Brother Nathan Hale officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Norfleet is survived by her sister, Grace Glen of College Grove, TN; sons, Thomas Cathey and his wife Sue of Gassaway, TN, and Terry Wayne Cathey and his wife Carolyn of Lebanon, TN; daughter, Elaine Cathey Hicks of Murfreesboro, TN; 11 grandchildren; and numerous great grandchildren.

The family gives a special thanks to Alive Hospice and especially to grandson, Danny Waggoner for his loving care given to his grandmother.

Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be Monday from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Woodfin Chapel in Smyrna.