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Citizen of Year Norris honored
"He has taken a bossy, obsessive compulsive, opinionated, manipulative person…to do his work. I'd like to think I'm a work in progress." The annual program is sponsored by the Grove Hill Civitan Club. Rachel Lindsey nominated Norris for the award. The gathering heard testimonials to Norris' work in the community. "Every time somebody asks her to do something, she immediately says yes - without finding out the details," said Janice Malone, a fellow employee of Norris at the County Revenue Commissioner's Office. "She has worked to make Grove Hill a better place." Malone praised Norris' work behind the creation of the mural on the side of the Keahey Law Office downtown. "We're kindred spirits," said Judy Graham of Norris. She lauded Norris for putting "thoughts into action….A lot of the wonderful things that are going on with the Arts Council, the mural, (the proposed historical play about Fort Sinquefield), are the results of Terry seeing those things and putting them into action." "Terry Norris is nothing if not a winner," said Betty Barlow. "…Terry will try most anything and will convince others to try." "Terry can have a vision of a project or an event that many of us…have a hard time seeing how we can even accomplish (it)," said Mary English. Probably her biggest accomplishment, English said, was getting residents of Grove Hill, Thomasville and Jackson to work together on art projects. "That is a big achievement," she said. After receiving the "Citizen of the Year" plaque from Lindsey, Norris thanked her "work family" at the Revenue Commissioner's Office "for being supportive….I choose to be on a project. They don't. They live with it for 24/7 until I get through." In regards to her own family, her husband Dan said he and sons, Danny and Kyle, also deserve a trophy, she said. Through her work with the Arts Council, "I have met so many very creative and interesting people, learned so much and seen so much. It's as close to being an artist as I probably ever will be. "Being involved has met a lot of my needs," Norris said. "…There is a volunteer opportunity to meet any need that you might have."
As "Citizen of the Year," Norris will also serve as the Grand Marshal of the upcoming Christmas Parade in Grove Hill.
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