Norman Powers was born at home in Columbus, Georgia on November 11,1940 to Evelyn and Ben Powers. He was the oldest of three children, and is survived by his sisters, Mary Anne Simmons, who still lives in Columbus with her husband Larry, and Nancy Watson, who lives in Ecuador with her husband Chuck. Norm lived in Texas for a few months when his dad was in training for service in WWII; other than that he lived in the same house on 21st street in Columbus until he graduated from Jordan High School. He grew up playing with his cousins and having Sunday dinner with his grandparents, who lived four houses down. He attended the Baptist church and was baptized at the age of 12. His first job was a morning paper route, and he loved to tell stories about riding through the cold to deliver papers, and stopping at Uncle Johnny’s gas station to warm up. Norm married his high school sweetheart, Judy, in 1959 and they had three children: Rebecca Ann, John Bradley, and Mary Paige. He went to work for Dictaphone in 1960 servicing dictation equipment, and later was given the opportunity to begin selling. At his first regional sales meeting, Norm’s boss told him to memorize a sales presentation on a new product and present it to the group. Norm did such a good job delivering that sales pitch, his associates applauded when he finished. With that recognition, a salesman was born! Years later Norm was offered a full-time sales position in Savannah, Georgia and the family moved there and built a house. In 1971, Norm and Judy divorced. In 1974 Norm transferred to Texas, where he met and married his second wife, Nancy, in 1976. They promptly moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he became a branch manager. He and Nancy enjoyed square dancing, going to the beach, and driving down to Orlando to visit Disneyworld. In 1982 he accepted a transfer to New Orleans and began selling “the big machines” - reel to reel loggers for recording 911 calls. While living in LaPlace, Louisiana, and with Norm traveling all over the state, Nancy gave birth to their son Ben in 1984. In 1990, Norm applied for a transfer back to TEXAS. He and Nancy built a house in Plano and he continued selling reel-to-reel recorders in the North Texas area. He worked successfully in that position until his retirement in 2000. After he retired, Norm said it was his turn to “follow Nancy around” and he was supportive of her ordination to ministry in the Episcopal church, moving first to Dallas and later to Pottsboro and attending St. John’s Episcopal Church there. Norm loved his family, was proud of his years working for Dictaphone, and enjoyed traveling to new places, especially on a cruise ship. When his declining health in later years made that impossible, he still enjoyed going to Huck’s for catfish and watching the Dallas Cowboys play football. He passed away on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026 after a long illness and is survived by his wife Nancy, his sons Brad and Ben, his grandchildren Emily, Ashley, and Alex, and his great granddaughter Sawyer.