D.C. NORVELL
THE FIRST TINNER
DECEMBER 24 , 1909
THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
D.C. NORVELL WAS THE FIRST TINNER IN PARAGOULD AND OPENED A SHOP ON MAIN STREET ON THE LOT WHERE GRAYSON & WOODS LIVERY STABLE STANDS IN 1884 NEXT DOOR TO MERIWETHER'S HARDWARE STORE.
HE WAS A LOCAL BAPTIST PREACHER BUT DID NOT SERVE ANY REGULAR CHARGES. IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR HE WAS A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER. OUR RECOLLECTION IS THAT HE SERVED THE TOWN AS MAYOR AT ONE TIME. HE WAS A GOOD , HONEST CITIZEN AND DIED IN 1902 . HIS SON , GRADY NORVELL , IS A WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAN OF THE TOWN AND IS EMPLOYED AT THE IRON MOUNTAIN ROUND HOUSE.