Edwin Bruce Norris, 77, Belfast, Ohio, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Bethesda North Hospital in Montgomery, Ohio. He was a native of Albany, son of the late William J. and Georgia Honeycutt Norris. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ella Noe Norris, three sisters, Mary Means, Undine Shelley and Ruby Groce and four brothers, Edward, Fred, Schuyler and Joe Norris.

He is survived by eight children, Jill D. Ortega, Edwin Bruce, Jr., Jacqueline Mitchell, Jeffery Dean, John, Becky Jo, Jerry Lee and Jamie Norris, all of OH; two sisters, Beulah Wells, Dayton OH; Martha Jane Waits, Hillsboro, OH; also 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday, May 13, 2013 at 1 p.m. at Turner and Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro, Ohio with Matt Burns officiating and final resting place in Dunn’s Chapel Cemetery.