Norman was born on November 4, 1939, to Wilfred Bridgforth and Lena Opal Musick Bridgforth in Rincon Beach, California, and passed from this life on January 9, 2020, at his home in Helena.

Norman married Elmira Louise Boon on June 6, 1960, and two children were born to this union: Lisa Elmira and Donald Westley. Norman worked at Crest Food Center in Belton, Missouri from 1958 until 1963 and he also taught scuba diving from 1958 – 1963. He and worked for Braniff Airlines from 1963 – 1972. They moved to Oklahoma in 1972 and purchased a cement plant in Breckenridge, and in 1973 they moved to Hele...