Ernestine "Tina" Jeanette Norris

Longtime Waitress At Country Place Restaurant

  • Monday, August 25, 2025
Ernestine "Tina" Jeanette Norris
Ernestine "Tina" Jeanette Norris
Ernestine "Tina" Jeanette Norris, 86, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2025.

She was born in Lafayette, Georgia. Tina worked as a waitress at Country Place Restaurant for 30 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Lee and Claudia Marie Howard and her brother, Clifford Lee Howard of Rossville.

Survivors include her daughter, Myra (Garry) Cochran; son, Randall (Christie) Norris; four grandchildren, Daneen Hidalgo, Cedric Cochran, Derrick Cochran and Easton Norris; seven great-grandchildren, Anna Hidalgo, Alejandro Hidalgo, Bryton McCann, Jersey McCann, Carter Cochran, Cheza Cochran and Farrah Cochran.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 404 South Moore Road.

The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, and 12–1 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.

Please share your thoughts and memories at www.ChattanoogaEastChapel.com.
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