Norma H. Lane

Norma H. Lane, 97, of Wills Point, Texas, passed away on October 17, 2026, in Wills Point. She was born on September 1, 1929, in Mead, Oklahoma.

Raised in Texarkana, Norma attended Texarkana High School and graduated in 1947. She continued her education in Texarkana, Arkansas, where she received an Associate’s degree in Business in 1949. On June 17, 1952, she married Richard Lane, beginning a marriage that would remain an important part of her life. She lived in Wills Point for 65 years and was a member of Russell Memorial Methodist Church.

Norma was a housewife who devoted herself to her home and family. She found enjoyment in the simple and creative pleasures of life, including watching westerns, drawing, crocheting, knitting, and flower arranging. She loved traveling to The Canadian Rockies with her sisters, son and daughter and grandson. She enjoyed documenting her trips through photography. These interests reflected a life marked by warmth, patience, and care.

She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Burnett, and son-in-law, Pat Burnett. She also leaves behind her grandchildren Charles Payne II and his wife Allison and Taylor Wingo and her husband Bo; great-grandchildren Charles Thomas Payne III, Alivia Rose Payne, Lola Wingo, and Joyner Wingo. Each of them was part of the family circle she cherished and the legacy of love she leaves behind.

Norma was preceded in death by her parents, Myrtle Telford and Erwin Smith Howard; by her husband, Richard Lane; by her son, Dick Lane; and by her sisters, Billie Sullivan, Virginia Dempsey, Pat Pierce, and Mildred Clark.

A graveside service will be held on October 24, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery in Texarkana, Texas.

Norma H. Lane will be remembered with love by those who knew her and by the family she held so dear.