Dale Norwood

A Funeral Service for Mervin Dale Norwood of Mountain Home, Arkansas, will be held at 11:00 am, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Richard Crawford officiating. Visitation will be held before the funeral, from 10:00 am until service time at the funeral home. Mervin passed away March 2, 2013, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 83. He was born January 28, 1930, in Lansing, Michigan, the son of Basil and Greta Payne Norwood. He married Valdean Lake on January 29, 19723, at Lewiston, Michigan and worked as a distribution technician for Consumer's Power Company. Mervin was a U.S. Navy veteran of Korea. Mervin lived in Mountain Home, since 1987, moving from Lansing, Michigan. He was a member of the East Side Baptist Church. He enjoyed a little golf in his younger day, hunting, fishing and had a great sense of humor. He loved telling jokes and also liked round dancing. Mervin is survived by his wife, Valdean E. Norwood of Mountain Home, AR, son, Brian Lee Norwood; daughter, Julie L. Harris; stepchildren, Terry Wareham, Tana Fisch and Trudy Stadel; grandchildren, Derith Trickey, Carrie Fisch, Sunnie Freed, Shae Rivet and Kaitlyn Marie Norword and great-grandchildren, Parker and Eli Trickey, Iyla Dee, Asa Sol, and Ezra Rain Freed. He was preceded in death by his parents, Basil and Greta Norwood. Burial will be in the Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery, Mountain Home, Arkansas. Military Honors will be provided by the Alley-White American Legion Post #52 Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association. Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.