Norman Crawford Bledsoe was born in Vanndale, AR, on September 20, 1929, to Neal and Effie Bledsoe. He was one of eleven brothers and sisters. Norman passed away in Memphis, TN, on June 9th, 2021, at the age of 91.
As a young man he finished his formal education and began his career and his family in West Memphis, AR. He served honorably in the Air Force during the Korean conflict, returned to West Memphis, and married his lifelong love, Nancy Jane McKinney.
Retiring from a very successful career as a National Accounts Representative for a major medical equipment manufacturer, and unable to ''sit still he continued working in retirement, at various jobs, ending with Arkansas State University - Mid-South, where he was well loved. He considered his coworkers at ASU, to be his second family.
Norman is survived by a brother, Billy Bledsoe, a sister Mary Bob Brawner (Larry), a son, Steven Bledsoe (Charlette), a grandson, Madison C. Bledsoe (Sharlia), a granddaughter, Julia Marie Bledsoe, and an ''army'' of nieces and nephews, too many to list, but loved very much, by their ''Uncle Norman''.
Grave side services will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 2:00pm, at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Arkansas.
As a young man he finished his formal education and began his career and his family in West Memphis, AR. He served honorably in the Air Force during the Korean conflict, returned to West Memphis, and married his lifelong love, Nancy Jane McKinney.
Retiring from a very successful career as a National Accounts Representative for a major medical equipment manufacturer, and unable to ''sit still he continued working in retirement, at various jobs, ending with Arkansas State University - Mid-South, where he was well loved. He considered his coworkers at ASU, to be his second family.
Norman is survived by a brother, Billy Bledsoe, a sister Mary Bob Brawner (Larry), a son, Steven Bledsoe (Charlette), a grandson, Madison C. Bledsoe (Sharlia), a granddaughter, Julia Marie Bledsoe, and an ''army'' of nieces and nephews, too many to list, but loved very much, by their ''Uncle Norman''.
Grave side services will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 2:00pm, at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Arkansas.
Norman Crawford Bledsoe was born in Vanndale, AR, on September 20, 1929, to Neal and Effie Bledsoe. He was one of eleven brothers and sisters. Norman passed away in Memphis, TN, on June 9th, 2021, at the age of 91.
As a young man he finished his formal education and began his career and his family in West Memphis, AR. He served honorably in the Air Force during the Korean conflict, returned to West Memphis, and married his lifelong love, Nancy Jane McKinney.
Retiring from a very successful career as a National Accounts Representative for a major medical equipment manufacturer, and unable to ''sit still he continued working in retirement, at various jobs, ending with Arkansas State University - Mid-South, where he was well loved. He considered his coworkers at ASU, to be his second family.
Norman is survived by a brother, Billy Bledsoe, a sister Mary Bob Brawner (Larry), a son, Steven Bledsoe (Charlette), a grandson, Madison C. Bledsoe (Sharlia), a granddaughter, Julia Marie Bledsoe, and an ''army'' of nieces and nephews, too many to list, but loved very much, by their ''Uncle Norman''.
Grave side services will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 2:00pm, at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Arkansas.
As a young man he finished his formal education and began his career and his family in West Memphis, AR. He served honorably in the Air Force during the Korean conflict, returned to West Memphis, and married his lifelong love, Nancy Jane McKinney.
Retiring from a very successful career as a National Accounts Representative for a major medical equipment manufacturer, and unable to ''sit still he continued working in retirement, at various jobs, ending with Arkansas State University - Mid-South, where he was well loved. He considered his coworkers at ASU, to be his second family.
Norman is survived by a brother, Billy Bledsoe, a sister Mary Bob Brawner (Larry), a son, Steven Bledsoe (Charlette), a grandson, Madison C. Bledsoe (Sharlia), a granddaughter, Julia Marie Bledsoe, and an ''army'' of nieces and nephews, too many to list, but loved very much, by their ''Uncle Norman''.
Grave side services will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 2:00pm, at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion, Arkansas.
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