This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7952 Message Board Post: Daily Independent newspaper Ridgecrest CA Kern County April 14, 2005 CHARLES RALPH NORMAN 1934-2005 Trona resident Charles Ralph Norman passed away Saturday April 9, 2005 of heart failure at the Apple Valley Care Center in Apple Valley. He was 70. Services will be private. Mr. Norman was born to Frank and Nancy Norman on Oct. 15, 1934 in Yellville, Ark. He moved to Trona in 2001. He was a self-employed mechanic and station owner for most of his life until his retirement. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Trona. He loved to watch basketball and football but most of all he was known for playing the lottery. He is survived by four daughters Rhonda Schmoldt, Liz Messinger, Charla Norman, and Starla Lewis, three brothers Marvin Norman, Gary Norman and Edward Norman, two sisters June Jones and Helen Reynolds, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private cremation, arrangements and media information provided by Holland & Lyons Mortuary.