Haynes E. Norris, 63, passed on December 6, 2015. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends.
He was a 1970 graduate of Science Hill High School where he was a member of the football, baseball and basketball teams and a record setter for the track team.
He attended ETSU where he also ran track and graduated with a degree in
Business. He was an avid sports fan. He was a charter member and the first Basileus of the Theta Zeta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phifraternity at ETSU.
He was employed by United Telephone System in the Human Resource Department until the late 1980’s.
He moved to Murfreesboro and was employed at RGIS there. He retired in Johnson City.
At an early age, he was baptized at Thankful Baptist Church, Johnson City. He was a faithful worker there in the Sunday School and was a member of the youth choir.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, The Rev E. W. and Gracie Norris and George and Viola Haynes.
He leaves to remember him, his children, Angela Barkley, Columbus, OH, Ashleigh (Tekai) Norris-Shu and Jason Norris, Bristol , TN; his parents, Willie E and Thelma Norris of Johnson City, Tn.; one brother, Thomas A. (Kimberly ) Norris, Bristol, TN and one sister, Jackie (Fred) Fields, Murfreesboro, TN, four grandchildren, Jordan Barkley, Amya Norris, Grace Ann Shu and
Jalen Norris. He had four nieces, three nephews, eight great nieces and nephews and one great great nephew along with a host of other relatives. He also had and loved his two stepchildren and four step-grandchildren and one step great grandson.
Visitation with the family will be Saturday, December 12, 2015 between 11AM and 12PM with the funeral following at 12 PM at Thankful Baptist Church, 1501 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, TN.
