Col. Joseph Gerald Norton, U.S. Marine Corps (retired), died October 27 after a long-term illness at the age of 90. Joe, the youngest child of George and Rebecca Norton, was born July 7, 1933, in Atlanta, Ga. At the age of 15, he left Georgia to live with his oldest sister, Maybell, and her husband, Joseph Rando, in New Orleans, where he fostered his love of music by playing trombone for his hi...
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