l-r Chuck's daughter - Dina DiCiolli, Chuck Norris, Gladys Masilones, Wilma Norris Knight at Randall's Drug Store - Wilson Oklahoma
Co-author Correna Wilson Pickens w/ Chuck & Aaron Norris' mother, Ms. Wilma Norris Knight at Neil & Brenda's Diner in Wilson, OKlahoma on 79th Birthday.
Co-written by the mother-daughter team of Correna Wilson Pickens and Farah Bazzrea, Sheltered in His Arms chronicles the inspirational life of Ms. Wilma Scarberry Norris Knight, the mother of Carlos (Chuck), Aaron, and the late Wieland Norris. Ms. Knight grew up during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression as a sickly daughter of poor migrant cotton pickers. She spent two years in the Oklahoma Crippled Children's Hospital as a ward of the state of Oklahoma. Throughout her life, an unwavering faith in God sustained her through many trials and tribulations. We guarantee this authentic Oklahoma pioneer Christian family living the American dream will make you laugh and move you to cry. Once and for all, you will know the REAL Chuck Norris as a baby, young boy, big brother, devoted son, and loving father. This beautiful clothbound 8.5" x 11" book with Norris family photos presents the untold Chuck Norris story never before shared with the world.
Wilma and Ray Norris w/baby Chuck Norris at Wilson, Oklahoma in 1941.
Wilma Norris Knight is infant in chair. Wilson, Oklahoma 1921
Wilma Scarberry (center) with her sisters - circa 1927
Chuck Norris' grandparents on their wedding day, June 21, 1908 at Mud Creek, OK.
Sheltered in His Arms begins with the personal struggles of Porter and Agnes Scarberry, the maternal grandparents of Hollywood icon and karate legend, Chuck Norris, during the early days of Oklahoma statehood. Readers will intimately experience the Scarberry family hardships and joys, as told by their sole surviving child, Ms. Wilma Norris Knight. You can browse family photos as Ms. Knight personally shares childhood memories, reveals personal details of her broken marriage with Ray Norris and recalls daily struggles providing for her three sons as a single mother. Walk with sixteen-year old Carlos Ray and his mother to a local car lot to buy their first used car. Travel with Ms. Knight to the Holy Land; attend Chuck Norris’ wedding extravaganza with Ms. Gena Alice Natalie O’Kelley and anxiously await the happy couple and their young twins at a surprise birthday party. Readers will share the Norris matriarch’s darkest hours and her greatest joys. Sheltered in His Arms will invite you into the Norris families’ homes for baby showers, funerals, holidays, quiet dinners, and touching intimate family moments. This inspirational story of Chuck Norris and his family will be enjoyed by fans of all ages for generations to come.
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