Ettie Alexander Norwood

Ettie Alexander Norwood passed away at the young age of 101 on Monday, October 22, 2018. Graveside Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 26, at Waco Memorial Park. Ettie was born April 20, 1917, in Alexandria, Louisiana, to Joseph McKnitt Alexander and Sadie Henderson Alexander. She married Vernon Ernest “Skeet” Norwood on November 12, 1938, in Denison. They lived in Waco where they raised two children. Mr. Norwood passed away in 1994. Ettie retired in 1986 from Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center where she was employed for 30 years. She was a long time member of St. John’s/Central United Methodist Church and was active with the Meals on Wheels program. She was preceded in death by her husband, Skeet Norwood; father, Joseph McKnitt Alexander; and mother, Sadie Henderson Alexander. Ettie is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Norwood Saffle; son, David Ernest Norwood and wife, Jo Anne; six grandchildren, Debbie and Britt Moore, Vic and Carol Saffle, D’Anna and Bob Davis, Meagan and Dave Litts, Phillip Norwood, and Brian and Teresa Norwood; along with ten great-grandchildren and four great, great-grandchildren. She will be dearly missed by her entire family. The family invites you to leave a message or memory on our "Tribute Wall" at www.WHBfamily.com.