CALEDONIA – Benjamin Ray Norris Sr., 71, died March 18, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. 

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home, with Robert Hamilton officiating. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. 

Mr. Norris was born Sept. 13, 1954, in Winston Salem, North Carolina, to the late Dock E. Norris and Mary France Thomas. He was formerly employed as a supervisor at Columbus Air Force Base.