Jo Ann Spence, 69, of Columbus, GA died Friday, November 4, 2011 at Columbus Hospice House.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Monday, November 7, 2011 at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Billy Duncan officiating. A private interment will be held at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the services at the funeral home 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.
Mrs. Spence was born March 26, 1942 in Columbus, GA daughter of the late Vernon and Nealie Merle Meadows. She retired after 32 years as a Supervisor in the X-Ray Department at Martin Army Community Hospital. She was a member of the East Columbus Lioness Club and Beallwood Baptist Church.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Robert J. Spence, Jr. and her sister, Elizabeth Porter.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Joseph "Bob" Spence, Sr. of Columbus, GA, two daughters, Cheryl Jo Wells (Christopher) and Kristin Lynn Pimental (Gene) all of Columbus, GA, two sisters, Karen Schaffer of Phenix City, AL and Nancy Meacham (Kenneth) of Talbot Co., GA, four grandchildren, Bradley Scott Ritch, Brittney Carolyn Ritch, Kayla Rose Pimental and Ethan Robert Pimental, and special friends, Jimmy and Frances Connally and Ila Colson.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Columbus Hospice House 7020 Moon Rd. Columbus, GA 31909 www.columbushospice.com or Beallwood Baptist Church 4650 Veterans Parkway Columbus, GA 31904.