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Margaret Ann Hickman Van Norman

Graveside service for Margaret Ann Hickman Van Norman will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, October 19, in Riverwood Memorial Park.

Mrs. Van Norman, 73, of Brookhaven, passed from this life October 16, 2022. She was born in Brookhaven, MS, January 7, 1949, to John Virgil Hickman Jr. and Floye Lorene Jones.

She was a loving mother, wife, and grandmother. She loved traveling across the United States going to flea markets. She also enjoyed putting jigsaw puzzles together. She worked for Blue Bell Ice Cream before retiring, putting out that delicious ice cream everyone loves. She also loved her cats.

Mrs. Van Norman is preceded in death by her mother, Floye McLelland (Bernard); dad, John Virgil Hickman, Jr.; her husband, Claude Wayne VanNorman; and brother, John “Buster” Hickman.

Those left to cherish her memory are her only child, Chauncey Wayne Van Norman and wife, Nicole; granddaughters, Haley Van Norman and Breanna “Bree” Van Norman; sister-in-law, Lynn Davis and husband, Iddo; brother-in-law Robert “Bob” Van Norman and wife, Rita; and a host of nieces, nephews and other loving family members and friends.

Mrs. Van Norman’s family would like to personally thank the Beehive Personal Care Home and all their loving staff as well as her personal sitter, Mattie. We greatly appreciate all that you did.

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