NASHVILLE - Jo Ann Coley Jones, age 77, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Born in Nash County on August 20, 1942, she was the daughter of the late George Duke Coley and Margaret Edwards Coley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George Howell Jones.

She is survived by her children, George Thomas "Tommy" Jones of Wilmington, and Amy Jones Miller of Nashville; three grandchildren; sister, Nancy Coley Edwards and husband Don, of Richmond, VA; sister-in-law, Brenda Lee Jones and husband, Billy, of Nashville; one niece; one nephew.

A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Burial will follow the service at Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives on Monday, September 16, 2019 from 7 - 9 p.m. at Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, 290 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA 19087; or Community Home Care & Hospice, 2479 Hurt Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.