Mrs Norma Lou Rollmann

Norma Lou Rollmann was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on October 23, 1930 to Norman and Gertrude Hamilton. She was welcomed home by her gracious Lord and Savior on August 4, 2023. She was preceded in death by her son, Timothy Kent Rollmann, and by her loving husband Kent. Thanks to our merciful heavenly Father, Norma Lou joined Kent less than one week after he walked into Glory. Norma Lou Hamilton graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1949. After graduation, Brother George S. Benson persuaded Norman and Gertrude to send their daughter to Harding College in Searcy, AR on a work/scholarship program. She worked in Patti Cobb cafeteria at Harding and graduated with an English degree in 1953. It was at Harding that she met her sweetheart, Kent Rollmann. The couple married in Oklahoma City on August 28, 1954 and enjoyed a long, loving life of 68 years, just one month shy of their 69th anniversary. Kent and Norma Lou moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma soon after their wedding where Kent worked as a research chemist for Phillips Petroleum Company. They enjoyed being in the same town with Kent’s parents, Henry and Blanche Rollmann. They were members of the Limestone Church of Christ where Henry was an elder and Kent was a deacon for many years. Norma Lou loved teaching the children and Ladies Bible classes at Limestone, planting seeds in the Kingdom for countless generations to come. When children came along, Norma Lou stayed home to raise their son Tim, born in 1957 and their daughter Kristy, born in 1958. She was a fun-loving mom, creating a home filled with love and laughter. She was the kind of mother other children wished they had. When Tim and Kristy were in grade school, Norma Lou started substitute teaching, which led to a job as the principal’s secretary at Ranch Heights Elementary School. In the years that followed, she worked as the registrar at Madison Junior High and Sooner High School before retiring as the principal’s secretary at Sooner High in 1990. She was always interested in other people, and many faculty and students would come by the school office just to talk to Mrs. Rollmann. In 1993, after Kent’s retirement from Phillips, the couple moved to Searcy, Arkansas so they could be involved with their alma mater, Harding University. Kent joined the President’s Council and Norma Lou was a member and officer of AWH (Associated Women for Harding). She received the National Council of AWH Worthy Woman award in 2009. Kent and Norma Lou were loving and active members of the Westside Church of Christ for 30 years. Becoming a grandmother to grandson Ty and granddaughter Alex, was one of Norma Lou’s greatest joys in life. Few things pleased her more than getting to spend time with them. When both grandchildren attended Harding University, she invited them over for lunch once a week calling herself “Ol’ Twenty Questions.” They would sit and answer Grandmommy’s many questions, perhaps feeling it was their way of saying thank you for the countless loads of laundry she did for them. Kent and Norma Lou loved to travel. They were blessed to take trips to England, Scotland, Italy, Canada and Alaska, plus many other destinations in the lower 48. They often took their grandchildren on trips to Branson, Disney World, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, Washington, Oregon and Alaska to name a few. Norma Lou had a wonderful sense of humor and she was an excellent conversationalist. Her biggest hobby, other than shopping, was collecting friends and making lasting relationships. She was a mighty prayer warrior. Chances are, if she knew you, she prayed for you. And chances are, if you knew her, she asked if you knew Jesus. She loved her Savior beyond life itself. Norma Lou is survived by her daughter, Kristy Shelton and son-in-law Cliff of Duluth, GA, her grandson Tyler Shelton (Duluth, GA) and granddaughter Alexandra Turner and her husband Coe (Rogers, AR), her dear cousin Porter Shults and her nephew Mike Hamilton, niece Melissa Varady and sister-in-law Jenny Hamilton. She is also survived by countless brothers and sisters in the body of Christ. To know Norma Lou, was to know Jesus. Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. (Psalm 73:23-26) A private, family graveside service was held on August 4th. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, September 16 at 2:00pm for both Kent and Norma Lou at Westside Church of Christ in Searcy. In lieu of flowers, Kent and Norma Lou would be honored by a gift to Harding University or Westside Church of Christ missions.

Mrs Norma Lou Rollmann

October 23, 1930 - August 4, 2023