Granford Norton, age 78 of Muscle Shoals, passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in Florence, AL. Mr. Norton was born in North Carolina on October 30, 1944 to the late Woodrow & Victoria Grant Norton. He retired from his trucking business, California Hillbilly Trucking, who he started with his late wife, Linda. He was a member of the Muscle Shoals Living Center and a proud father and grandfather.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Thursday, July 27, 2023 at the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in the Fischer Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 12 noon until the 2 p.m. hour of service.
He is survived by his children, Kimberly Garner, Christina Poshinski (John), Joanna Goggans (Jon), and Jeannie Norton; sisters, Bonnie Jean Andrews and Mae Gernigan (Jerry); grandchildren, Demario Warren, Miranda Schweigert, MiaLinda Sepulveda, Joshua (Lyndsey) McIlroy, Gwendolyn Leyvas, Cash Dills, Kaylee Trapasso, and Ruby Goggans; great-grandchildren, D.J. Warren, Jazelle Warren, Daylee Warren, Lennox Warren, and Camillo Warren; nieces, Patty Andrews and Tilly Andrews; and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Norton; and parents.
