Joann Joseph

Waynesville, Jo Ann Parrott Joseph, age 71, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2011 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A native of Haywood County, Jo Ann had resided in West Virginia for the past 25 years and was the daughter of the late Grant Alton and Mary Ruth Medford Parrott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Ed Parrott and a sister, Johnnie Davis. She attended Waynesville Township High School and was a former employee of Dayco Corporation and worked at several supermarkets. Jo Ann and her husband, "Buck" owned and operated The Cabin Restaurant in Brandywine, West Virginia until spring of 2010. She was an avid and accomplished quilter; and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Winton E. "Buck" Joseph; a son, Jack Chambers and his wife, Lynn of Crabtree; a daughter, Tina McCall and her husband, Bill, of Crabtree; sister, Jimmie Smathers (Doug), of Waynesville; three brothers, Bill (Nina) and Grant Parrott, Jr. (Clara), all of Waynesville and Jack "Bustie" Parrott of Clyde; two grandchildren, Brooke McCall Hyatt and her husband, Cody, of Crabtree and Taylor Chambers a freshman at Appalachian State University. Her granddaughters affectionately refer to her as "Nannie Mommie." Funeral services will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in the Waynesville Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with Reverend Mark Caldwell officiating. A committal service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday at Garrett Hillcrest Memorial Park Mausoleum. Serving as pallbearers will be Roger, Gregg, Jack, Hugh, Steven, and Harold Parrott and Phillip Chambers. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim and Joe Bob Davis, and Eddie Smathers. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 1516 Glen Allen, VA 23058 or the Open Door Soup Kitchen, 32 Commerce Street, Waynesville, NC 28786.

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