|
| |
 |
Norma Cater of Durant passed peacefully on December 24, 2022 at the age of 83 years old. She was born on August 23, 1939 in Achille, Oklahoma to Lewis Augustus and Sally Jane (Shaw) Bumpass. She married Leon Cater on February 2, 1958 in McAlester, Oklahoma.
Norma began working at Texas Instruments and Gibson’s. She then worked for Mom’s Mini-mart and later became the District Supervisor for Easy Mart until 1977. In 1977, she and her husband purchased Cater’s Quick Stop at Kirsey Corner where she worked until her retirement in 1994. In her free time, Norma enjoyed fishing and quilting. She was a former member of Midway Church.
She is survived by her daughter Pamela Bowen and husband Dennis of Durant, Oklahoma, and her son Ricky Cater and wife Krisie of Durant, Oklahoma. Her legacy lives on with her grandchildren Dustin Bowen and wife Courtney, Derek Bowen and wife Darci, Dillon Bowen and fiancé Madison Stanglin, Seth Cater and JoAnna, and Emma Cater all of Durant, Eric Cater and wife Kathryn of Bonham, Texas, and Gracie Paris and husband Garrett of Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as her eleven great-grandchildren and one on the way. She is also survived by her sister Virginia Mullens of Sherman, Texas.
Preceding her in death are her parents Lewis and Sally Bumpass, her husband Leon Cater, her two brothers, and two of her sisters. Family Hour is scheduled from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 30, 2022 at the Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home Chapel with Tommy Green officiating. Norma will be laid to rest at Restland Cemetery in Silo, Oklahoma following the funeral service. Her grandchildren and family will serve as pallbearers.
Services are under the direction of Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home, 121 North 5th Street, Durant, Oklahoma 74701. www.holmescoffeymurray.com
To watch the live-stream of Norma's service, please follow this link:
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma CemeteriesThe information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.