Charles "Wes" Wesley Norton IV's Obituary
Charles Wesley (Wes) Norton IV was born in Norfolk, VA on October 1 st , 1994. He died inWeslaco Texas on April 12, 2024. Wes was 29 years old. Wes was not married and had nochildren. But he had a best friend in the Valley, Gama Garza, and had two dogs that he loveddearly, GBear, a Rottie and Grizzley, an English bulldog. Wes loved "The Valley" and SouthPadre Island beaches in Texas and moved there from Virgnia 6 years ago. He went to privateschool at Nansemond Suffolk Academy in Suffolk, VA. Wes became interested inBodybuilding at the age of 18. He took classes and became a personal trainer and anutritionist. He wrote and published three books on bodybuilding and how to do posing forbodybuilding shows. His body building career span of 10 years began at age 19 with his firstwin in a The OCB Body Sculpting Open competition. After that he won many more competitionsand became a professional bodybuilder after winning a competition in Richmond, VA. Fromthere he won many more including the NPC Iron House Classic in McCallum, TX.His father is Charles Wesley Norton III (Wes) and his mother is Brenda Russell Norton who livein Zuni, VA Wes was adopted at birth and his birth mother is Deanna Hook (now McMillian)and his birth father was Patrick Murphy, deceased. He has a half sister, Tori McMillian and half-bother Ethan McMillian who reside in Virginia Beach, VA.Wes' only living grandparent is Katherine Crusenberry Russell in Marion VAHe has many aunts and uncles and cousins who miss him dearly.There will be a burial of his URN with his ashes in a Norton family section of Baptist UnionChurch Cemetery in Flatridge, VA in the summer.The OCB community with Kevin Parrott and Marjorie Thrash who promote this show will becelebrating his life and his career as a bodybuilder at the Colonial Open BodybuildingChampionships in Williamsburg, VA on June 22, 2024.
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