Funeral services for Norma Yandell Ditmore, 75, of Elysian Fields will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, February 12, 2015 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Thad Carter and Bro. Dave Snow officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Panola, TX. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at the funeral home. Norma passed away February 7, 2015 in Longview, Texas. Norma Yandell Ditmore was born June 28, 1939 in Houston, Texas to Theron Walter Yandell and Margaret Hawthorne Yandell. On August 17, 1956, she married Raymond Shelton Ditmore at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Houston, TX. Norma loved to garden, embroidery and sew. She also loved to play Scrabble and knew almost every word in the dictionary (and the definition). Our mother was gentle, kind, helpful, good natured, loving, generous, friendly, and warm hearted. When we grew up she often said she raised us to be independent and full of confidence. She taught us all to be generous, thoughtful of others and good mothers to our own children. Surviving Norma are her husband of 58 years, Raymond Shelton Ditmore of Elysian Fields; four daughters, Cathy Watson and husband James, and Vicky Pudwill and husband Dennis, all of Elysian Fields, Peggy Cowart and husband Wayne of Oklahoma City, OK and Nancy Brummett and husband Micheal of Watonga, OK ; grandchildren, C.J. Ditmore, Andy Rodgers, Adrian Gonzalez, Rebecca Watson Michael Cowart, Jr., Rebecca Cowart, Blair Cowart, Daylee Cowart, Tyler Cowart, J.J. Kelley, Jordan Kelley, Jansen Kelley and Malcom Brummett; 24 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons, C.J. Ditmore, Michael Cowart, Blair Cowart, J.J. Kelley, Jordan Kelley and Jansen Kelley.