Jo Ann Hatley (Pierce) Obituary (1942

Jo Ann Pierce was born on December 12, 1942 in Ivanhoe, Texas to Albert Franklin Pierce and Addie Jewel Farris Pierce. She was the fifth of six siblings. Jo lived her early years on a country farm with her family until they moved to Dallas during her later school years. It is there that she met and fell in love with Charles Hatley. They married in 1957 on her fifteenth birthday and were together for 64 years until Charles went to Heaven in 2022. Jo spent most of her married life as a homemaker and mother to her three children, and grandmother to seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, crafting and decorating her home for every holiday. She loved spending time with family and playing games. She was fond of music, especially from the 1950s era, and she could still "cut a rug" into her eighties. She was also a collector of handbells and angel figurines. Jo is survived by her children Demetra Greer and husband Gary, Jenthia Smith and husband Hal, and Keenan Hatley and wife Amber. Grandchildren Aaron Greer and wife Melany, Robbie Pearson and wife Misty, Zachary Greer, Haley Lawler, Jordan Molina and husband Adam, Taylor Bley and husband Jacob, and Gabrielle Greer. Great-grandchildren Zain Lawler, Zara Lawler, Savannah Pearson, Ainsley Lawler, Marshall Pearson, Scarlett Molina, Camille Lawler and Blair Bley. She is also survived by her sister, Doris Donaldson. Jo is preceded in death by her husband Charles Hatley, parents Albert (Dot) and Addie Pierce, siblings Dorothy Graham, James Pierce, Frankie Pierce and Jeanie Martin, and nephew Jerry Graham. In her last year on Earth Jo longed for "home". She is finally there, healed and safe in the arms of Jesus and reunited with Charles. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 from 6 to 8 in the evening at Midlothian Funeral Home. A service will be held on August 15, 2024 at 10 in the morning with burial to follow at Little Bethel Cemetery in Duncanville.