Mary Coward Norman

This the obituary notice of one of my cousins, with whom I had little contact over the years.

Mrs. Mary Norman (AUGUSTA, Ga.)

Sunday, June 30, 2002SHAREPRINT
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Mrs. Mary Coward Norman, 82, of Augusta, died June 28, 2002, at Arbor Acres Triad United Methodist Community, Winston Salem, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Norman was a long time resident of Augusta. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 1, 2002, at 2p.m., in Millbrook Baptist Church Chapel. Interment will follow at Millbrook Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held at 1p.m., in the Church atrium.

Honorary pallbearers will be her seven grandsons.

Loving mother of Diane Warlick of High Point, N.C.; Mary McGiness of Lookout Mountain, Ga., Laura Dolyniuk of Hilton Head, and Robert C. Norman of Macon. Other survivors include ten grandchildren, Coulter Warlick, Scott Warlick and his wife, Beth, Wilson McGinness, Maggie McGinness, Bobby Norman, Bradley Norman, Megan Dolyniuk, Harrison Dolyniuk, Reese Dolyniuk and Mary Allan Dolyniuk; three sons-in-law, Harold Warlick, Sam McGinness, and Randy Dolyniuk; a daughter-in-law, Judy Norman; a sister-in-law, Ann Coward of Aiken as well as several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years, Robert C. Norman, of Augusta; a sister, Grace Woodhead; and two brothers, Allan Coward, and Ira E. Coward Jr.

Mrs. Norman was born September 29, 1919, in Aiken to the late Ira Ellis Coward and the late Mary Allan Sykes. She graduated from Aiken High School and Anderson Junior College.

Mary Coward Norman was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend. Her love for gardening was expressed through her membership in the Wildwood Garden Club of Augusta, the outstanding beauty and comfort she created in her yards, and her ability to pass along a passion for the inner peace found in nature to her family members.

She was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Augusta and for over 50 years, a member of a special bridge club in Augusta. Her acts of kindness were many and given at random She was proud of her place in life and very much a seeker of quiet peace and lasting affection.

Memorial gifts may be made to Arbor/Acres/Triad United Methodist Community, 1240 Arbor Road, Winston Salem, N.C., 27104 or to Millbrook Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Millbrook Baptist Church, 176 E Pine Log Road, Aiken, 29803. Shellhouse Funeral Home, 924 Hayne Avenue, Aiken, 29801. 803-642-3456.

The Augusta Chronicle June 30, 2002