Mr. James Norman Smith, 80, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Southeastern Health. He was born in Robeson County on August 8, 1933 to the late Ephrim Justin Smith and the late Annie Bell Blount Smith. He was formerly employed as a maintenance mechanic for Burlington Mills. He is survived by his sons, Harold Wayne Smith and wife, Lisa, of Lumberton, and James Michael Smith, of Wilmington; his daughters, Karen S. Shaw and husband, Albert, of Lumberton, and Jackie S. Simmons and husband, Gene, also of Lumberton; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.