Jane Allman Hughes Norton, 90, of Douglas, Ala., passed away Monday, April 22, 2013.
Mrs. Norton was born in Gadsden, attended Gadsden City Schools and graduated from Gadsden High School in 1939.
She was a retired businesswoman and a past member of the BPW and the Gadsden’s Woman’s Club.
She was a past president of the Rose Garden Club, the Gadsden Federation of Garden Clubs and the Credit Women’s Breakfast Club. She was also a member of the Gardenia Garden Club.
She relocated to Gulf Shores in 1998, Fairhope in 2005 and to Douglas in 2009.
Mrs. Norton was preceded in death by her parents, C.E. and Tressie Hardeman Allman; brothers, R. Harold Allman and Bill J. Allman; and husbands, Joe A. Hughes and Robert L. Norton.
She is survived by her daughters, Rebecca Hughes (Rev. Norman G.) Williams of Montgomery and Renee Hughes (Robert J.) Fazekas of Douglas; grandchildren: Glynn (Teresa) Williams of Millbrook, Ala., Christy Williams (Lt. Col. Christopher) Meredith of Centreville, Va., Bobbi Fazekas McGhee, of Southside, Ala. and Jimmy Fazekas, of Southside, Ala.; and eight great-grandchildren.
Special thanks to the Altoona Nursing Home and Alacare Hospice.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Forrest Cemetery. The Rev. Norman G. Williams will officiate. There will be no visitation.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to any hospice, the Alzheimer’s Research at UAB, or to your favorite charity.
Arrangements by Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services.
Online condolences may be made at www.collier-butler.com.
