Jo Ann Davis

7/22/1936 - 12/17/2020

Jo Ann Faulkner Davis was born July 22, 1936 to Lizzie Mae and Henry Grady Faulkner in Bedford County, Tennessee. She had one sister, Mae Rob Faulkner Rowland.

Jo Ann went to high school in Bell Buckle, Tennessee and then attended Vanderbilt University where she met her future husband George Washington Davis. They married on February 22, 1958 and were husband and wife for 62 years.

Early in their marriage they moved often for George’s job, living in Nashville, New Orleans, Berkeley, California, New Jersey, and Kinston, North Carolina before getting an opportunity to return to Nashville. They loved living in Nashville while raising their family. They moved to Chattanooga for his job in 1987 after their children had completed their schooling.

Jo Ann and George were blessed with two children, Greg (Sue) Davis and Jody (Chuck) Clevenger. They have five grandchildren: Claire and Camille Davis and John, Julie, and Charlie Clevenger.

Jo Ann and George were members of Clear Creek Church of Christ in Hixson, Tennessee.

Due to COVID restrictions, the family will have a private memorial service on December 21.

The family requests in lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions to Boyd-Buchanan School, 4650 Buccaneer Trail, Chattanooga, TN 37411 or Goodpasture Christian School, 619 W Due West Avenue, Madison, TN 37115

Arrangements are under the care of the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson. Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com