Shirley Jean Norman, 81, beloved wife of Fred Norman, passed away Friday, July 13, 2018 at Mullins Nursing Center surrounded by her family that she dearly loved. Jean was born in Lumberton, North Carolina on April 11, 1937, a daughter of the late Leroy Bo Carter and Queenie Prevatte Carter. Jean loved being a homemaker, and she was good at it. She enjoyed being in the kitchen cooking and baking, being in the yard working in her beautiful flowers, and decorating her home. She had worked at Stone's Pharmacy, but most people will remember her as working alongside her husband at Fred's, the restaurant they owned together before they retired.

She was predeceased, in addition to her parents, by three brothers, Ambrose, L.R. and Timothy Carter, and Fred's daughter, Sarah Lynn Norman.

Jean is survived by her husband of forty-six years, Fred Norman; two sons, Wayne (Janice) Gleason of Norfolk, Nebraska and Billy (Lori) Gleason of Mullins; two daughters, Patsy (Donnie) Brown and Sheila (Jim) Spencer, all of Mullins; a sister, Carolyn C. Goodyear of Fairmont; her grandchildren, Natalie Gleason Kelsay, Kara Gleason, Alison Gleason Becker, Laura Brown, Kayla Brown Sessions, Matthew Gleason, Hannah Gleason Hardee, William Larymore "B.J." and Scott Larymore; her great-grandchildren, Harper Kelsay, Avery Kelsay, Rhett Kelsay, Ella Becker, Aiden Becker, Grayson Sessions, Kyndal Larymore, McKynsie Larymore, Lily James Larymore, and one to arrive September 2018, Fred's children, Robee (Kenny) Atkinson of Mullins, and Lisa (Ricky) Hamilton of Tabor City, North Carolina and their children and grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Sunday, July 15, 2018 at Meares Funeral Home in Mullins. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, July 16 ^th in the chapel of Meares Funeral Home with internment to follow at Red Hill Memorial Gardens.

If you would like to remember Jean, the family suggests that memorials be made in her memory to Mullins Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 671, Mullins, South Carolina 29574 or to Mullins First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 443, Mullins, South Carolina 29574.

An online guestbook is available at www.mearesfh.com.