Norma Bell Nelson Davidson

1928 - 2026

"A Life Well Lived…"

Norma Bell Nelson was born in 1928 in Monkton Maryland. Her parents were Howard Guy Nelson and Norma Tucker Bell Nelson. She was raised on a farm with three siblings Guy Jr., Ann (Sis) and Steve Nelson. Norma married George Robert Davidson in 1948 at St James Church on My Lady's Manor and had three sons, Richard, Chris and Neal. They started their married life in Richmond, VA and then Portsmouth, NH where Bob served in the Navy on submarines during the Korean War. After the war the young family moved to Riderwood, MD where she lived for 67 years. Norma was a superb cook and homemaker, and once the boys were old enough, she worked as a librarian at Gilman School. She loved her family and friends and travelling all over the world. She had four grandchildren, Ryan, Luke, Tim and Ginny and four great grandchildren, Rogan, Ainsley, Blakely, and Brooks. She was a strong woman of faith who loved and was loved by everyone she met in her long, abundant life. Norma's memorial service will occur at St James Episcopal Church at 10:00 am on Saturday March 7 with a luncheon served afterwards in Macdonald Parish Hall.