Photo Gallery |
| This photo gallery will show people on the 'outside' just how much Charlie is loved and supported by both family and friends alike in an ongoing united effort to free Charlie NOW from an unjust conviction decades ago! You can clearly see how doing time on the inside has aged him BUT more importantly how well Charlie has dealt with this life-altering/shattering event. Please see the artist and author tab for further information on Charlie's AWARD-WINNING accomplishments. Please view these pictures with a discerning eye especially with respect to Charlie and his adult relatives aging as well as the nieces and nephews growing up in front of Charlie's eyes. Unfortunately, Charlie's father died with a heavy heart while his son languished in prison. |
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| 1980 - Charlie with his mother, brother Danny and father |
| 1981 - Charlie and Niece Tammy. Please note how she 'grows up' in the following pictures |
| 1986 - Charlie with his mother, Niece Tammy and Aunt Alice |
| 1984 - Charlie with his brother Danny and his family |
| 1992 - Charlie with his nephews |
| 1999 - Charlie with friends Rick and Ron, authors of the book 'Doin' Time'. The pen-and-ink drawing in the book was done by Charlie! |
| 2004 - Charlie with Darian and Niece Tammy. |
| 2004 - Charlie with his mother Lucille. |
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| Charlie - top left in 1962 after church, age 12 |
| 1968 - King High School graduation |
| June 21, 2008 - Charlie with college friend Dan Faulkner from The University of South Florida where they were students in 1972. Dan is also assisting Charlie to be released as soon as possible. |
| "We didn't have any pictures of Charlie, and when we heard they were taking photos at the school in Redwater. Gene and I took him over there. We asked them if we could have his picture made, we would pay for it, and they said yes. Gene combed Charlie's hair. I held him still with my hand, which is barely visible. The man asked what grade Charlie was in, joking. First grade? I told him no, but he would be in a few years. Charlie was one year old when the photo was taken." Lucille Norman, Charlie's mother |
| Charlie and his Aunt Cherry Walker in 1952. Charlie was 3 years old. |
| 5th grade - 1960 |
| 9th grade - 1965 |
| 10th grade - 1966 |
| Senior class photo - 1967 |
| Charlie and future wife Chrissy, Senior Prom - May 1968 |
| Charlie and Chrissy Wilkinson engagement photo - 1970 |
| The Norman Family on Easter 1974 - Charlie is on the far right with Chriselle |
| Charlie's family, May 1971 (L to R): Floyd Walker (Bebaw) - grandfather, Lucille Norman - mother, Velva Marie Walker (Memaw) - grandmother, Eugene Norman - father, Alice Walker - aunt, and her ex-husband, Charlie (in front). Sitting on floor: Dan Norman - brother and Sandy Norman, Dan's wife |
| Charlie and Chrissy Norman, April 1974 in Thonotosassa, Florida |
| Charlie, his mom Lucille and Niece Tammy Norman, Zephyrills Correctional Institution - 1984 |
| "We'd just bought that outfit for Charlie. He was about 4 years old. A woman came around who took photos in your home, and we posed him in the living room of the Clary house, outside Redwater, Texas where we lived. The cowboy boots hurt Charlie's feet, and he would cry when he tried to walk in them. He was smiling for the photo, though." Lucille Norman, Charlie's mother |
| Brother Danny and Charlie - ages 3 and 7 in Redwater, TX. 1957 |
| Age 4 - Redwater, TX. |
| Charlie and Libby at Tomoka Correctional on 11-16-08 |
| Charlie and Libby in a Christmas picture at Tomoka - December 6, 2009 |
| Charlie and Libby April 2010 Charlie was put into solitary confinement on a false charge during Easter 2010. |
| Against all odds, I have survived my thirty-third Fourth of July in captivity. A long, long time ago, when I narrowly avoided the death penalty for a murder I did not commit, corrupt prosecutor Mark Ober was quoted as saying, "Norman will never survive a life sentence." Sorry to disappoint you, Mark, but you were wrong again. As you can see from the accompanying photo taken today (below) at Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach, Florida, I am alive and well, and still have much of my hair, in much of its natural color. I pose next to one of the last two oak trees left standing by the chain-saw-happy prison administrators over the past five years, but not too close to the razor wire that confines me. I did not achieve the ripe old age of sixty (sixty one in September) on my own. I have survived this hell on earth only with the support and intervention of a small army of angels including Gary Smigiel and Henry Wulf, private investigator Dick Rivett, some great literary folks from "PEN" and the Anne Frank Center in New York, retired Reverend Bob Anderson and others whose names they'd probably prefer went unmentioned. I am a loyal American. Despite being denied some of the unalienable rights guaranteed all citizens by the Founding Fathers, I love my country and all it stands for. Despite enduring varying degrees of censorship by prison authorities over the years, and suffering the consequences, with the help of friends I've been able to exercise my First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and expression to an extent possibly unparalleled by an American prisoner. Google searches of Charles Norman, Charlie Norman, Charles P. Norman, and Charles Patrick Norman, reveal over 200,000 listings of my literary works available. People from twenty-eight countries, many states, most of the Canadian provinces, The Department of Corrections are regular readers of the Free Charlie Norman Now blog. Truly I am blessed to live in this time. |
| Charlie on Sunday, July 4th, 2010 |
| Charlie on Valentines Day 2-14-10 |