A USAF veteran, he served during the Vietnam War era, where upon completion of his enlistment in 1966, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He resided there until January 1983 whereas he moved back to Millers Ferry (Now called Vernon). In 1985 he moved to Jacksonville Florida and remained there until the time of his his death.

After retiring in 2008 as an automobile sales associate, he settled into his life long passion; writing and creative artistry. Previously he wrote Coffee Will Make You Black published online. Later prior to retirement, he wrote and had his first novel The Chicken Who Came Home To Roost published in both paperback and hardcover, It was then followed up by the yet to be published Random Thoughts and his autobiography Running On E/Diary Of A Bad Boy, and Wandering In The Wilderness/The Book Of Norman He is also creator of the television sitcom Married Without The Benny and wrote several plays including the drama A Place In The Sun and A Choice Of Color

Arrangements are pending. As a last request, he asked that in lieu of flowers please make a donation to the American Cancer Society, Stroke Foundation and or Breast Cancer Foundation, and pray someday a cure will be found