She was born in Jacksonville, Florida to William Enver Carscaddon and Nell Gates Carscaddon. She graduated from Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee and East Tennessee State University where she met and married David Alexander Witherspoon, Jr. After graduation, she and David settled in Knoxville where she was a homemaker, real estate agent, and interior designer.
She was an active member of her community sitting on the Board of Dream Connection and Helen Ross McNabb Center, a former co-chairman of Dogwood Arts Festival and various fundraisers for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital such as Center Stage.
JoAnne spent her life traveling the world with her husband, David, her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed cooking, reading, and boating.
She is survived by her husband David Alexander Witherspoon, Jr., her brother Robert Clyde Carscaddon (Diana Charles Carscaddon), her children Katherine Gates Witherspoon Decker (Richard Keith Decker), David (Dax) Alexander Witherspoon, III (Susan Evans Witherspoon), John Christopher Seay (pseudo adopted son) (Mollie Thompson Seay), and her grandchildren, Lauryn Alexandra (Kannard) Congelosi (Stephen Richard Congelosi) , Alexander Gordon Seay, William Christopher Kannard, Nicholas Oliver Kannard, Alexander (Xan) McKnight Witherspoon, Rebecca Anne Witherspoon, Joshua Reed Seay, and Emily Elizabeth Witherspoon, her niece Tiffany Lee Carscaddon Mathison (Todd Sinclair Mathison), nephew Benjamin William Carscaddon (Alice Corriher Carscaddon), and grandniece and nephews Colin Bruce Mathison, Faith McKenzie Carscaddon, and Aiden Charles Carscaddon.
A visitation will be held for JoAnne on Sunday, November 14, 2021 from 5:30 to 7:30pm at Berry Highland Memorial Funeral Home, 5315 Kingston Pike. A graveside service will be held on Monday, November 15, 2021 at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery at 3pm.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Dream Connection at www.dreamconnection.org or at P.O. Box 10924 Knoxville, Tennessee 37939.
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