Leola Sealey Norris, 86, formerly of Chadbourn went to be with the Lord Thursday, Aug 24, 2017 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. She was the daughter of the late Lela Fairfax Sealey and Simon Paisley Sealey and the widow of Mack Cecil “M.C.” Norris. She was also preceded in death by a son, Ronald Cecil Norris; siblings, Louise S. Bullard, Carl Sealey, Davis Sealey, Oscar Sealey, Buddy Sealey, Nora S. Graves, Hubert Sealey, Rob Sealey, Talmadge Sealey, Howard Sealey and Bobbie Jean Sealey.
The family received friends Saturday, Aug. 26 at Worthington Funeral Home in Chadbourn. Final rites were held Sunday, Aug. 27 at the funeral home with Rev. Tim Moore officiating. Interment was in Chadbourn Memorial Cemetery.
She is survived by one daughter, Hilda Fisher of Delco; three siblings, Ada S. Elkins of (Oak Dale) Whiteville, Viola S. Knight, of Cerro Gordo and Mavis S. Cribb of Chadbourn; three grandchildren, Kimberly Nguyen, Hank Fisher, Chris Fisher; great-grandchildren, Stacey Godwin, Amber Fisher, Cody Godwin and Savannah Fisher; and four great-great-grandchildren, Channing Greaber, Micah Godwin, Matthew Godwin and Alexander Ivey.