CONN, JR, JOSEPH EDWARD, age 77, of Alabaster, Alabama, passed away Sunday afternoon, March 6, 2011. The Shreveport, Louisiana native was a land surveyor, founder, and co-owner of Conn & Allen in Pelham, Alabama. He was a long-time member of Kingwood Church in Alabaster, where he was active in Sunday school and the Nifty 50's group. Joe was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Edward Conn, Sr., and Ethel Layton Conn; three grandchildren, Henry Abadin, Jr., Sydney Melissa Conn, and Kelly Diane Buchanan; a great-grandchild, Paxton MacHale Brasher; a brother, John Conn; and two sisters, Carol Theilmen and Martha Conn. Survivors include Joe's wife, Mary Willingham Conn; three daughters, Julia Janet Buchanan (Butch), Liza Ann Abadin (Henry), and Yolanda Kay Conn; three sons, Steven Michael Allen (Lanorah), Joseph Edward Conn III (Cissie), and Robert Gregory Conn (Melita); 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; many great-great-grandchildren; sister, Sue Conn Carlisle of Hoover, Alabama; and brother, Richard Conn of Oregon. Visitation will be from 12 noon until the 2 p.m. chapel service on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Ridout's Southern Heritage Funeral Home in Pelham, Alabama. Burial will follow in Southern Heritage Cemetery, Pelham. Rev. Mark Sims will officiate.
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