After graduating from Homestead High School, she attended Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, Tennessee before going on to work in Oak Ridge. She then moved to Atlanta in 1961. She was a devoted member of Duluth First United Methodist Church. She had many interests, but some of her favorites were reading, traveling, and spending time with her family. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution - Suwanee Chapter.
There will be a visitation on Thursday April 18, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM central time in Grassy Cove United Methodist Church in Crossville, Tennessee with a graveside service immediately following. Joanne is preceded in death by her parents, William Paul and Nelle Davenport; brother, James Paul Davenport; sisters, Willette Torian and Clara Jean Simpson.
She will be greatly missed by her daughters, Joannie Baltimore, Jeannie Gully and Susan Greene (Bob); sister, Elizabeth Hollingsworth; grandchildren, Matthew, Jonathan and David Waters; Richard, Thomas and Emma Gully; and Maggie, Tripp, Jack and Anna Grace Greene along with several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the American Cancer Society https://donate3.cancer.org.
After graduating from Homestead High School, she attended Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, Tennessee before going on to work in Oak Ridge. She then moved to Atlanta in 1961. She was a devoted member of Duluth First United Methodist Church. She had many interests, but some of her favorites were reading, traveling, and spending time with her family. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution - Suwanee Chapter.
There will be a visitation on Thursday April 18, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM central time in Grassy Cove United Methodist Church in Crossville, Tennessee with a graveside service immediately following. Joanne is preceded in death by her parents, William Paul and Nelle Davenport; brother, James Paul Davenport; sisters, Willette Torian and Clara Jean Simpson.
She will be greatly missed by her daughters, Joannie Baltimore, Jeannie Gully and Susan Greene (Bob); sister, Elizabeth Hollingsworth; grandchildren, Matthew, Jonathan and David Waters; Richard, Thomas and Emma Gully; and Maggie, Tripp, Jack and Anna Grace Greene along with several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the American Cancer Society https://donate3.cancer.org.
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