Esther Mae Kennamer

Esther Mae Farmer Norris Jones Kennamer, age 91, of the Marshall County area passed away February 10, 2017 at Crossville Health and Rehab. Funeral service will be held 11:00am, Monday, February 13, 2017 at Adams Brown Service Chapel. Bro. Mancel Norris and Bro. Mark Hastings will officiate with burial to follow at Marshall Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Sunday, February 12, 2017 from 5:00 until 8:00 pm. Esther was the oldest daughter of seven children born to William Robert and Minnie Romine Farmer. She was born June 29, 1925. She grew up around Alder Springs and Albertville Alabama. She also lived in Huntsville, Mount Clemons Michigan, Crossville and Arab Alabama. She was living at Crossville Health and Rehabilitation at the time of her passing on February 10, 2017. Esther was a member of the Church of Christ and a very faithful Christian mother. She made sure that her children were also faithful Christians. She was known for entertaining and cooking large delicious meals for her friends and family. She enjoyed helping people. She enjoyed going to church services, gardening, fishing, hunting, sewing, quilting, cooking, travelling, reading her Bible and spending time with her grandchildren. She was always available for positive advice and words of wisdom when her family needed it. She was a peacemaker. She was an optimist. She looked for the best in people and situations. She answered the call of duty during World War II, working as a Civilian employee at Redstone Arsenal. At eighteen years of age she was packing powder and inserting primers into 105mm and other large artillery shells. Her first husband, Reeford Norris from Crossville was a W.W. II veteran. They had three sons; Bobby Joe Norris, William Richard “Ricky” Norris and Dennis Lee “Denney” Norris. They lived for a short time in Michigan before he was killed in an automobile accident near Piedmont Alabama. She was raising three young sons by herself when she married Charles J. Jones from Grant Alabama. She and Charles had a son and daughter; Robert Alvin “Bob” Jones and Norma Jeannine Jones. Jeannine became sick at age 18 months from cancer. Esther and Charles struggled for years with Jeannine’s health care and her treatment at St. Jude Hospital in Memphis TN. Jeannine died at age 12 from complications of her cancer treatment. Charles died suddenly at age 58 from possible insulin shock. She later married Robert V. Kennamer from Grant Alabama. They resided in Arab AL where he was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking in front of Arab High School in 2008. She is survived by 2 sons; Dennis L. Norris and Robert A. Jones of the Albertville AL area. She is survived by 4 daughters-in-law; Charlene Norris, Caroline Norris, Sheila Norris and Sharon A. Jones. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; She is survived by brothers and sisters; Robert Lee Farmer (Boaz AL), James Delmer Farmer (Nona) (Lincoln AL), Ruth Ellen Harper (Arab AL), June Dennis (Weldon) (Grant AL) and Frances Roper (Anniston AL). She is survived by many nieces and nephews.

Esther Mae Kennamer

June 29, 1925 - February 10, 2017