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After service in the Marines, Norton returned to his former post as a deputy<ref name=zoom>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Elmo-Norton/758750902|title=Elmo Norton: Sheriff's deputy|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref> for Caddo Parish Sheriff J. Howell Flournoy. His career thereafter was in automobile sales and management. In 1963, he was named "Citizen of the Year" by [[Ford Motor Company]] for his civic and religious dedication. He retired in 1990 as fleet manager for the Chevyland [[Chevrolet]] dealership in Shreveport. Besides the American Legion, Norton was active in the Lions International and the [[Episcopal Church]]. His Republican affiliations included associate membership in the Professional Republican Women's Club of Caddo Parish.<ref name=obit/> He was active in the successful 2014 campaign to elect Republican [[Bill Cassidy]] to the [[United States Senate]] from Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2014/10/13/john-mccain-stumps-for-bill-cassidy/17227823/|title=John McCain Stumps for Bill Cassidy|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 14, 2014|accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref>

After service in the Marines, Norton returned to his former post as a deputy<ref name=zoom>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Elmo-Norton/758750902|title=Elmo Norton: Sheriff's deputy|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref> for Caddo Parish Sheriff J. Howell Flournoy. His career thereafter was in automobile sales and management. In 1963, he was named "Citizen of the Year" by [[Ford Motor Company]] for his civic and religious dedication. He retired in 1990 as fleet manager for the Chevyland [[Chevrolet]] dealership in Shreveport. Besides the American Legion, Norton was active in the Lions International and the [[Episcopal Church]]. His Republican affiliations included associate membership in the Professional Republican Women's Club of Caddo Parish.<ref name=obit/> He was active in the successful 2014 campaign to elect Republican [[Bill Cassidy]] to the [[United States Senate]] from Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2014/10/13/john-mccain-stumps-for-bill-cassidy/17227823/|title=John McCain Stumps for Bill Cassidy|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 14, 2014|accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref>

Norton's older brother, George Thomas "T" Norton (1922-2002), a native of Nashville in Howard County in southwestern[[Arkansas]], was a USMC gunny sergeant in World War II and remained in the military for the Korean War and [[Vietnam War]]. Afterwards, he was employed in [[real estate]] in Shreveport and like his brother was active in the American Legion. Upon his death, he was cremated, with his remains spread over the Wiley-Pevy American Legion post in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57027851|title=George Thomas "T" Norton|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' on Findagrave.com|date=November 7, 2002|page=2-B|accessdate=January 9, 2016}}</ref>

Norton's older brother, George Thomas "T" Norton (1922-2002), a native of Nashville in Howard County in southwestern [[Arkansas]], was a USMC gunny sergeant in World War II and remained in the military for the Korean War and [[Vietnam War]]. Afterwards, he was employed in [[real estate]] in Shreveport and like his brother was active in the American Legion. Upon his death, he was cremated, with his remains spread over the Wiley-Pevy American Legion post in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57027851|title=George Thomas "T" Norton|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' on Findagrave.com|date=November 7, 2002|page=2-B|accessdate=January 9, 2016}}</ref>

Norton and his wife of more than fifty-nine years, the former Sylvia Littlejohn (born November 1936), were world and national travelers. He was an accomplished [[Dancing|dancer]]. The Nortons had a daughter, Lisa Norton Walker and husband, Clay, and a grandson, Jamie Walker. Norton died in Shreveport at the age of eighty-seven and was inurned in the columbarium of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

Norton and his wife of more than fifty-nine years, the former Sylvia Littlejohn (born November 1936), were world and national travelers. He was an accomplished [[Dancing|dancer]]. The Nortons had a daughter, Lisa Norton Walker and husband, Clay, and a grandson, Jamie Walker. Norton died in Shreveport at the age of eighty-seven and was inurned in the columbarium of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>