Sunday, January 19, 2020
My wife and I just got back into town (Brevard) one day ago. We were away in Florida visiting my wife's mother. I went to Accordius Health today (January 19, Sunday afternoon) to bring the Lord's Supper to Norm and saw that his bed was empty. I had been bringing him the Lord's Supper for several months. One of the nurses confirmed my worst fears. I am very sad to learn that Norm has died. I always looked forward to seeing him. Sometimes on a Friday night or another week night, and especially on his eightieth birthday this past summer, I would bring him a large strawberry milkshake from the Cardinal Drive-In on Broad Street and visit with him for a while. He loved strawberry milkshakes. Nearly always he was laying in bed. Only twice did I see him in a wheelchair. Yet he never complained and always seemed glad to see me. I brought him some of my sermons on CDs, which he had asked to listen to. I also brought him some speeches from Gen. George MacArthur on CD. I can only remember seeing him once watching TV. Often he would read the Bible, of which he had several copies in his bookcase, or I would read the Bible to him, We would talk about his father and mother, and their family, and their farm, and about the Red Oak Church of Christ. Norm was a very good-hearted man. He was a firm believer in Jesus Christ, and I shall miss him dearly. I look forward to seeing him again.
