This story was last updated on: 7:52 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.

As the community prepares for Orange County Deputy 1st Class Norman Lewis' services on Sunday, employees at a Chick-fil-A in Orlando are remembering the fallen hero in a unique way.

  • Chick-fil-A near UCF honors fallen Orange County deputy
  • Deputy Norman Lewis' favorite meal sits on a table at the restaurant
  • "He's going to be missed forever," said Reannon Gondek, of Chick-fil-A

Reannon Gondek serves hundreds of people every day, so it's hard to remember what one person orders.

But, she said when Lewis came in to the Chick-fil-A on University Boulevard near Rouse Road, he didn't have to say a word.

Gondek knew his order: a medium fruit cup, a 12-count nugget and a large Powerade.

Lewis would always act surprised, Gondek said.

"(He) would be surprised I would remember his order, and he'd smile from ear to ear," she said.

That's something that Gondek will now miss.

"Now we won't be able to see that big smile," she said.

Lewis will always have a place at the Chick-fil-A near UCF, though. Gondek and other employees set up a permanent place-setting for the man known as Big Norm.

Lewis was involved in a crash with a minivan on Monday, Jan. 9, on Balboa Drive and Pine Hills Road while he was involved with the manhunt for accused cop-killer Markeith Loyd.

The Missing Man Table, a military tradition that originated as an honor for missing or fallen service members, now sits near the entrance to the restaurant.

There's a red rose that represents bloodshed in sacrifice, a white tablecloth that's a symbol of one's pure intentions to respond to the call of duty and, of course, containers representing Lewis' favorite meal.

It all sits on a ceramic plate accompanied by silverware.

The memorial at the Chick-fil-A has become a place for people from all over Central Florida — and even other parts of the country — to write notes to Lewis.

One of the notes is from someone who stopped by from Virginia. Another note is from Oviedo firefighters. UCF graduates wrote some words, too.

Gondek said seeing Big Norm's smile isn’t the only thing she'll miss.

"He would come say hi and he'd ask me how my family was, my husband, my girls," she said.

It's the caring attitude Lewis possessed that Gondek will always remember.

"He's missed," she said. "He's going to be missed forever, and I think it's a way that everybody who comes into Chick-fil-A who knew him and didn't know him will be able to see what we think of him."

The Chick-fil-A location posted about it on Facebook: