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Location:
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
Date: 10-21-2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Time: 1:00 PM
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Obituary
Norma Jean Lane Arnold, the daughter of Thomas Lane, Jr. and Betty Lou Copeland Lane, was born on December 14, 1949, in Madison, Florida. However, after the demise of her mother, Norma Jean was raised by her bonus mother, Ruthie and her father in Greenville, Florida. She later received her education at Greenville Training School. Also at an early age, she dedicated her life to Christ and became a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in the community where she was a lifelong resident.
Several of her family members who preceded Norma Jean in death were her parents: Thomas Lane, Jr., Betty Lou Copeland, and Ruthie Lane; husband of 25 years: Edmond Arnold; daughter: Dianne Miller; grandson: Melvin J. Mathis, Jr.; and sisters: Jacqueline Lane, Winnie Lane, Ruby Dean Lane, Ernestine Lane Arnold, Joyce Lane Bruton, and Easter Bell Lane Arnold.
To know Norma Jean was to love her, and she was well-loved by her family and the community.
As time evolved, she acquired the nickname, “Chick”/ “Grandma Chick” as well as other variations of this name. Placing others’ concerns and needs ahead of her own can be attributed to her upbringing. Chick always had time to give a little advice and/or offer a listening ear or provide comfort foods for whoever dropped in for a visit.
Norma Jean was very generous and had a free-will spirit. She loved to socialize with friends and to spend quality time with family. Regardless of the occasion, Grandma Chick’s hosting Sunday afternoon gatherings was her expression of love. These events could only be compared to those of holiday get-togethers. Cooking big meals was her passion and she lovingly provided enough food for whoever stopped by. In addition to her delicious meals, her unending love for all, and her trash talking entertainment was Chick’s way of teaching in real time, her love of family.
God chose Tuesday, October 10, 2023, to bring Norma Jean Lane Arnold home. She held on to God’s unchanging hand, departed this earthly life, and transitioned to her eternal home. She is gone from our sight but never from the hearts of those whose lives she impacted.
Norma Jean Lane Arnold left her loved ones a legacy of love, and kindness in the footprints of time. Keepers of her everlasting memory that binds them together as family are her daughters: Queen D. Mathis and Amanda Sue Mathis, both of Madison, FL; sons: Melvin J. Mathis, Jr. and David R. Miller, Jr., both of Madison, FL; sisters: Rosa (Charles) Conway of Greenville, FL, Sandra (Damon) Cobb of Perry, FL, and Debra Dobbs of Tallahassee, FL; brothers: Jessie Dansey and Sammy Lane, both of Greenville, FL, and Love (Andrea) Simmons of Kathleen, GA; grandchildren raised as children: Shenika Stephens, Stacey Stephens, Garry Stephens, and James Pleas, Jr.;
sixteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; along with many other sorrowing relatives, and loving friends.
Several of her family members who preceded Norma Jean in death were her parents: Thomas Lane, Jr., Betty Lou Copeland, and Ruthie Lane; husband of 25 years: Edmond Arnold; daughter: Dianne Miller; grandson: Melvin J. Mathis, Jr.; and sisters: Jacqueline Lane, Winnie Lane, Ruby Dean Lane, Ernestine Lane Arnold, Joyce Lane Bruton, and Easter Bell Lane Arnold.
To know Norma Jean was to love her, and she was well-loved by her family and the community.
As time evolved, she acquired the nickname, “Chick”/ “Grandma Chick” as well as other variations of this name. Placing others’ concerns and needs ahead of her own can be attributed to her upbringing. Chick always had time to give a little advice and/or offer a listening ear or provide comfort foods for whoever dropped in for a visit.
Norma Jean was very generous and had a free-will spirit. She loved to socialize with friends and to spend quality time with family. Regardless of the occasion, Grandma Chick’s hosting Sunday afternoon gatherings was her expression of love. These events could only be compared to those of holiday get-togethers. Cooking big meals was her passion and she lovingly provided enough food for whoever stopped by. In addition to her delicious meals, her unending love for all, and her trash talking entertainment was Chick’s way of teaching in real time, her love of family.
God chose Tuesday, October 10, 2023, to bring Norma Jean Lane Arnold home. She held on to God’s unchanging hand, departed this earthly life, and transitioned to her eternal home. She is gone from our sight but never from the hearts of those whose lives she impacted.
Norma Jean Lane Arnold left her loved ones a legacy of love, and kindness in the footprints of time. Keepers of her everlasting memory that binds them together as family are her daughters: Queen D. Mathis and Amanda Sue Mathis, both of Madison, FL; sons: Melvin J. Mathis, Jr. and David R. Miller, Jr., both of Madison, FL; sisters: Rosa (Charles) Conway of Greenville, FL, Sandra (Damon) Cobb of Perry, FL, and Debra Dobbs of Tallahassee, FL; brothers: Jessie Dansey and Sammy Lane, both of Greenville, FL, and Love (Andrea) Simmons of Kathleen, GA; grandchildren raised as children: Shenika Stephens, Stacey Stephens, Garry Stephens, and James Pleas, Jr.;
sixteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; along with many other sorrowing relatives, and loving friends.