Norma Martin Cashion

The lovely and elegant Norma Martin Cashion, of Spartanburg, S.C., was the daughter of Mamie Louella Jackson and Charles Norman Martin, Mamie's first husband. She was born on July 6, 1917, and died on June 17, 2009. Her father died of influenza on Nov. 4, 1918. Her mother went on to marry Clyde Clifton Miller on March 24, 1923. Brother wrote this of her: "Norma is my half-sister, but we always considered ourselves brother and sister, ignoring the fact that we had different fathers."

Norma and her mother, Mamie Louella Jackson Martin Miller, shortly before Mamie's death from cancer in 1951.

Norma and her husband, John Cashion (June 1, 1921-Aug. 7, 1967), married on March 16, 1946. They were parents to one child, Terri Lynn Cashion Jeter, who grew up to be a woman every bit as elegant and lovely as her mother.

Norma and John in 1946.
Norma in June 2000.
Norma with her lovely and talented grandchildren, clockwise from top, Amanda, Emily and Elizabeth Jeter, the daughters of Terri Lynn Cashion Jeter and Al Jeter.

NORMA'S OBITUARY

Norma Martin Cashion / Beloved sister, mother and grandmother / July 6, 1917 -June 17, 2009

Norma Martin Cashion, 91, passed away peacefully on June 17, 2009, at White Oak Estates in Spartanburg, S.C.. Born in Winston-Salem, N.C., on July 6, 1917, she was the daughter of Charles Norman Martin [who died in 1918 in the great influenza epidemic; see historic entries further in this blog] and Mamie Luella Jackson [who remarried in 1923, to Clyde Clifton Miller]. Mrs. Cashion was married to the late John Thomas Cashion, a local radio personality. She was a devoted member of Second Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg and worked as a medical secretary for Piedmont Internal Medicine. She is survived by her son-in-law, Dr. Albert L. Jeter, and his wife, Anne Chapman Jeter of Spartanburg; three granddaughters, Emily Cashion Jeter of Auburn, Ala., Elizabeth Bradley Jeter of Charlotte, N.C., and Amanda Frances Jeter of Spartanburg; one sister, Marilyn Miller of Winston-Salem; one brother, Charles Martin of Winston-Salem; a first cousin, Nina Hutchins of Columbus, Ga., and nieces and nephews, David Edwards and wife Addy Anne Edwards of Winston-Salem, Dee Ann Edwards of Raleigh, N.C., Lindsay and Julia Cashion of Nashville, Tenn., Chris Miller and wife Mary Miller of Centerville, Minn., Pam Miller of Robbinsdale, Minn., and the Rev. Dr. Cathy Miller Northrup and husband Michael Northrup of Andover, Kan.. Mrs. Cashion was predeceased by her daughter, Terri Lynn Cashion Jeter, and twin siblings William "Brother" Miller and Arline "Cissie" Miller Edwards. Graveside services will be held at Forsyth Memorial Park in Winston-Salem at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 21, 2009. A memorial service is also planned at 2 p.m. the following Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Second Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg.

Below: In November 2011, I visited Winston-Salem, including Norma and John's graves at Forsyth Memorial Park: