Obituary of Joe Fred Norvill

Mr. Joe Fred Norvill, age 84, of Tavares, Florida, formerly of Ozark, died Tuesday, August 15, 2006. Funeral services will be 4:00 P. M. Friday, August 18, 2006, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home in Ozark with United States Army Chaplain officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to service time on Friday. Mr. Norvill was born August 14, 1922 in Carter County, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army for 23 years until his retirement. He was a member of the 759 Military Police Battalion in Berlin during World War II. Following his retirement, Mr. Norvill worked with Civil Service in Fort Meade, Maryland and Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He lived in Deland, Florida from 1986 until 1994 when he moved to Eustus, Florida. His wife, Carolyn Baker Norvill, preceded him in death in 1993. Survivors include one daughter, Sandy Adkinson Simmons and husband, Joe of Eustus, Florida, two sons, Mike Adkinson of Atlanta, Georgia, and Harry Adkinson and wife, Kathy of Panama City Beach, Florida, two grandchildren, Julie Purdie of Atlanta, Georgia and Amy Waddell of Newnan, Georgia. One great grandson, Jacob Waddell, also survives. Service Information