Jimmy Francis "Bud" Norton, 89, a long-time resident of the Sand Springs and Mannford area passed from this life and into the presence of the Lord on Friday August 19 ^th , 2022, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Visitation will be Monday, August 22 ^nd from noon to 8pm and Tuesday, August 23 ^rd from 8am to 8pm.   The family will be greeting friends and relatives at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.  at the Mobley-Groesbeck funeral home in Sand Springs.  A graveside service will be held Wednesday, August 24 ^th at 10:00 am at Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery in Sand Springs.  Jimmy was born June 30 ^th , 1933 in Fanshawe, Oklahoma to Willie David Norton and Gertie Viola (Jones) Norton.  He attended Fanshawe public schools.  He was united in marriage to Fonda Marie McClune in Tulsa on August 14, 1954.

Jimmy was an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God church and was pastor for various churches over the years.  He was also a long-time member of Rimrock Baptist church in Sand Springs.  He was employed as a machinist, service station owner, a church minister, school bus driver, and chauffeur among various jobs throughout his life; however, he was widely known across several states for breeding and raising champion hunting dogs.  He was also an OSU and Oklahoma City Thunder enthusiast and followed their basketball games on television.  He was preceded in death by his wife Fonda in 2013, his parents, and his siblings Robert E. Lee Norton and Velma Viola McKinney.   He is survived by his three children and their spouses, Connie and Kevin Flanagan of Tulsa, Bryan Norton and LeAnn Gilbert of Tulsa, and Aimee and Steve Gutowski of Cave Springs, Arkansas, his sister Maxine and brother-in-law Sonny Phillips of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, grandchildren Heather Beasley, Cole Norton, and Evan Flanagan all of Tulsa and James Flanagan of Fayetteville, Arkansas and great-grandchildren Eastyn Beasley, Gunner Beasley and Kase Beasley.