Mrs. Claris Crofford Norton, age 89, of Marietta, Georgia passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2015 in Savannah, Georgia. She was born April 26, 1925 in Bowdon, Georgia, the daughter of the late Jefferson Newton Crofford and the late Georgia Leigh Treadwell Crofford. She graduated from Bowdon High School; and served for over thirty five years as a supply school teacher with the Atlanta School System. She was a member of the Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta; and had also served at Beecher Hills Baptist Church as a Sunday School teacher for the Sodalitan Sunday School Class. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Durward Norton; sisters: Lois Johnson, Eula Mae Holliday, Elsie Herren, Mildred Butler, and Dorothy Strickland; brothers: Loy Crawford and Howard "Jack" Crawford. Survivors include her son, Richard Norton, and his wife, Beverly, of Carrollton; her daughter, Teresa Norton, and her husband, David Overholt, of Severna Park, Maryland; sister, Emma Lou Johnson of Bowdon; grandchildren: Elias & Emily Norton of Carrollton, Israel and Jordan Norton of Heflin, Alabama, Stephen Norton of Carrollton, John Norton of Sargent, Abigail Norton of Atlanta, Jesse Norton, Hannah Norton, Joanna Norton, Esther Norton and Anna Norton, all of Carrollton; and two great grandchildren: Ethan Norton and Lydia Norton. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 from Midway Community Church in Bowdon. Those serving as pallbearers will be Stephen Norton, Israel Norton, John Norton, Jesse Norton, Rick Norton, Joshua McManus, David Overholt, and Janek Witharana. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.martin-hightower.com. Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel has charge of the arrangements.