James Clifford Norman, Deputy Sheriff 

Pushmataha County Sheriff’s Office 

Deputy Norman had served as an officer on the Antlers Police Department about eight months before becoming a Deputy Sheriff a month before his death. The City Council of Antlers met Monday night, November 2, 1970, and voted to hire Deputy Norman, 39, as their new Chief of Police, to take office on Wednesday. About midnight that Monday night Antlers police officers, who had been drinking coffee with their new Chief just an hour before, found Deputy Norman dead slumped over the steering wheel of his car from two 30-06 rifle wounds fired from ambush outside the car. The next day Gerald Anthony “Tony” Hall, 26, was arrested for Norman’s murder. It appeared to be a revenge shooting as Hall’s tavern had been closed by the Sheriff’s office and he had been arrested by Norman Saturday night for drunk driving. Hall was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Hall will be up for parole in 2008.