Eunice Lorraine (Norris) Lane (1918 - 1980)

Ancestors

Biography

Eunice was born in 1918.

1920 she was with her parents and siblings in Civil District 7, Rutherford, Tennessee. ^[1]

1920 Census

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Andrew C Norris Head Male 40 Tennessee

Sarah Norris Wife Female 27 Tennessee

Ellen M Norris Daughter Female 8 Tennessee

Andrew Norris Son Male 5 Tennessee

Ernest Norris Son Male 3 Tennessee

Eunos Norris Daughter Female 1 Tennessee

1930 she was with her parents, siblings, and a lodger in District 7, Rutherford, Tennessee. ^[2]

1930 Census

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Bud A Norris Head Male 50 Tennessee

Sara Norris Wife Female 38 Tennessee

Ellen Norris Daughter Female 17 Tennessee

Earnest S Norris Son Male 12 Tennessee

Eunest Norris Daughter Female 10 Tennessee

Al Norris Son Male 8 Tennessee

Clae Norris Son Male 6 Tennessee

Charles Norris Son Male 4 Tennessee

Lindburg Norris Son Male 1 Tennessee

John Gentry Lodger Male 48 Tennessee

Marriage

Eunice Norris, age 21 married Howard Avent Lane, age 25, Jun 5 1937 in Bedford, Tennessee ^{[3] [4] [5]}

1940 she was living with her husband, children, in-laws, brother-in-law, and grandfather-in-law on Brown Chapel Road in Almaville, Civil District 7, Rutherford, Tennessee. ^[6]

1940 Census

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Howard Lane Head Male 55 Tennessee

Annie May Lane Wife Female 47 Tennessee

Robert M Lane Son Male 23 Tennessee

Avent Lane Son Male 29 Tennessee

Eunice Lane Daughter-in-law Female 21 Tennessee

Howard A Lane Grandson Male 1 Tennessee

Floyd B Lane Grandson Male 0 Tennessee

Marshall Lane Father Male 79 Tennessee

GE

GE Picnic

When Eunice Lane worked at GE, she met Ronald Reagan when he was touring the country as the General Electric spokesman. In 1962, Reagan was fired by General Electric. He had referred to Tennessee Valley Authority as one of the problems of "big government". This comment was the primary reason Reagan was fired as Tennessee Valley Authority was one of General Electric's biggest customers. General Electric was and remains the largest equipment supplier to the Tennessee Valley Authority and most other United States electricity producers.

Graduation

Rutherford County Hospital

Eunice went back to school and became an RN. She worked at the Rutherford, Tennessee hospital then for Urologist-Dr. Knight

Eunice would take her grandkids fishing on her family’s pond. After catching many catfish, Eunice would give the buckets to locals.

She died 1980 in Rutherford, Tennessee. ^[7]

She is buried in Washington and Smith Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee. ^[8]

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Mrs. Eunice Lane MURFREESBORO

Services for Eunice Norris Lane, a retired Murfreesboro nurse, will be at 11 a.m. today at Jennings & Ayers Funeral Home. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery.

Mrs. Lane died Sunday in St. Thomas Hospital after a long bout with cancer.

Survivors include her husband, Avent Lane, Murfreesboro; three sons, Avent E, Howard (Buster) and Scott Lane, all of Murfreesboro; a daughter, Mrs. Glen (Lynda) Paschel, Chattanooga; five brothers, Al S., Charles, and Thomas H. Norris, all of Nashville, Cloe B. Norris, Morris, Ala, and Raymond E. Norris, Memphis; and nine grandchildren.

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Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRQ-M9Z : accessed 5 July 2020), Eunos Norris in household of Andrew C Norris, Civil District 7, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 144, sheet 4A, line 15, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1760; FHL microfilm 1,821,760.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQB-H4P : accessed 5 July 2020), Eunest Norris in household of Bud A Norris, District 07, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2B, line 75, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2270; FHL microfilm 2,342,004.
3. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHD5-6BH : 6 November 2017), Howard Avent Lane and Eunice Norris, 05 Jun 1937; citing Bedford, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,572,781.
4. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHD5-6BZ : 6 November 2017), Howard Avent Lane and Eunice Norris, 05 Jun 1937; citing Bedford, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 7, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,572,781.
5. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHDL-PY2 : 6 November 2017), Howard Avent Lane and Eunice Norris, 05 Jun 1937; citing Bedford, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 7, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 476,054.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZG-QPS : 26 November 2019), Eunice Lane in household of Howard Lane, Almaville, Civil District 7, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75-8, sheet 11B, line 49, family 190, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3931.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPB4-R2S : 19 May 2014), Eunice Lane, Nov 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 June 2020), memorial page for Eunice Lorraine Norris Lane (15 Aug 1918–1 Nov 1980), Find A Grave: Memorial #119439264, citing Washington and Smith Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Marcus Whitt (contributor 47392540) .