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Norman Lee Buckingham, 83, of Sullivan and formerly of Shelburn died at 9:25 a.m. Saturday, January 31, 2009 in Breckenridge Health Care Center. The 1943 graduate of Shelburn High School was born September 11, 1925 in Sullivan County to Samuel Buckingham and Dorothy Spinks Buckingham. He was a retired lab technician for the Pfizer Co. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and a member of the Shelburn First Christian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife of sixty-two years Dorothy Potts Buckingham of Sullivan whom he married December 23, 1946, one son Richard Buckingham and wife Patti of Charlotte, NC, one daughter Susan Davis and husband Larry of Bloomington, one brother Jerry Buckingham and wife Shirley, Sullivan, one sister Mary Lou Santus, Sullivan, four grandchildren Chad Davis, Bethany Davis, Sarah Jacobs and Brett Buckingham and other relatives. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Holmes Memorial Chapel with Rev. Timothy Fleace officiating. Burial will be in the Little Flock Cemetery at Shelburn. Those who wish may make donations to the American Cancer Society or the American Diabetes Association.