
JoAnn loved the Lord and her family. She was a person that loved playing her piano and from the age of fourteen began playing in churches where she attended until she was 79. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mena for many years and enjoyed her Esther Sunday school class. She also was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma, PEO and Good Sam’s. JoAnn served as an elementary teacher for 28 years where she taught several generations of Polk County Students. Some of JoAnn’s hobbies included playing Skipbo, going to all her grandkids ballgames, and playing hymns on her piano. JoAnn loved her kids and grandchildren and was so proud of their accomplishments in life and supported them in everything they ever wanted to do. JoAnn was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend and will be missed by all who knew her.
Jo Ann is preceded in death by, her parents; and her husband, Jim Bunch.
Survivors include, her sons and daughters in law, Joe and Laura Bunch of Mena, Brian and Becki Bunch of Morrilton; her daughter and son in law, Patricia and Chris Oglesby of Mena; her brother and sister in law, Sammy and Genell Vaught of the Villages, Florida; five grandchildren, Jake Bunch of Mena, Bailey Bunch of Mena, Tate Oglesby of Mena, Jamie Oglesby of Mena and Julie Bunch of Morrilton; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be Friday, July 29, 2016 at 3:00 P.M. at the First Baptist Church in Mena with Brother Russell Threet officiating. Interment will follow in the Nunley Cemetery with the services entrusted to Bowser Family Funeral Home in Mena. Visitation will be Thursday, July 28, 2016 from 6-8 P.M. at the Bowser Family Funeral Home Chapel.
Pallbearers will be, Joe Bunch, Brian Bunch, Chris Oglesby, Jake Bunch, Tate Oglesby, Dwight Vaught and Stephen Bunch.
Online Guestbook: www.bowserffh.com.
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