Norman G. Jarrett

Norman George Jarrett, son of the late Jesse Howard and Olive Lavern Jarrett, was born December 26, 1940, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away at his home in Theodosia, Missouri, May 21, 2020. He was 79 years, 4 months, and 26 days of age.

Norman grew up in Mountain Grove and went to Mountain Grove School. He married Sandy Elliott on May 23, 1963. One son was born to this union.

Norman was baptized at Pleasant Hill Church. He worked for thirty years for the City of Mountain Grove and on the Mountain Grove Fire Department where he served as Fire Chief. He and Sandy moved to Theodosia in 2000 to retire, but Norman didn’t really retire because he loved working and fighting fires. He worked for the Theodosia Fire Department for eighteen years. Norman was a respected mentor to many young men on the fire departments.

Norman was a hardworking man who would do anything for anybody. He enjoyed visiting with people and made many friends wherever he was. He was very proud to serve the communities where he lived but most of all, he was extremely proud of his family.

Besides his parents, Norman was preceded in death by three brothers, Ruban Jarrett, Elza Jarrett, and Walter Jarrett, and by one sister, Avis Kennedy.

He is survived by his loving wife of their home, Sandy Jarrett, one son, Ted Jarrett and his wife, Marsha, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, three grandsons, Nathan Jarrett and his wife, Andrea, of Ozark, Missouri, Heath Jarrett and his wife, Callie, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Levi Jarrett and his wife, Hannah, of Nixa, Missouri, one granddaughter, Jessica Delker and her husband, Jacob, of Crane, Missouri, thirteen great-grandchildren, four sisters, Barbra Barnes of Mountain Grove, Grace Gott of Kansas City, Missouri, Dorothy Harris of Lebanon, Missouri, and Emma Nungesser of Mountain Grove, Missouri, and other relative, neighbors, and friends who will dearly miss him.