sentences:  Born in Milo in Ashley County in south Arkansas, Norrell attended the public schools, the University of Arkansas at Monticello, then known as Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, the University of the Ozarks, then College of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School.During World War I, Norrell served in the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army.In 1920, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Monticello in Drew County, Arkansas.