Norma Lee Jones

Having no telephone in their home in Glover, Missouri, on January 15, 1939, Elmer Samson Warren had to drive "somewhere" to find a phone to call Dr. Fitzpatrick in Lesterville to help his wife, Agnes Elta Pearl Bone Warren in the home delivery of their first daughter, Norma Lee. After Norma, there would be an additional six daughters: Carol Marie Vickery of Ironton; Joyce Ann Browers of Arcadia; Doris Ruth Miles of Ironton; Patricia Gail Patton of Chatham, IL; Donna Jean McCarver who preceded her in death; and Virginia Lynn Warren of Davenport, IA. After all those sisters, Norma finally got a little brother: Stanley Elmer Warren of Fenton. Being the oldest, Norma had a pile of chores she was responsible for. About twenty years ago, when asked to describe some household chores she had as a child, Norma responded: "Ironing, doing dishes, ironing, sweeping the floor, ironing, taking care of the baby (there was always a baby), ironing, carrying out and dumping the overnight toilet pot, ironing, some cooking,...