JoAnn Cox Burris

JoAnn Cox Burris, 80, of Middleburg, Florida, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 with loved ones by her side. JoAnn was born to James Hoyt and Ella Mae Cox on Saturday, June 10, 1939 in Williamsburg, South Carolina. In the early 1960’s, she moved to Jacksonville, Florida.

Jobs she enjoyed were Lerner’s Department Store, where she retired after about 15 years; Pensacola Airport and Lil Champ, where she was a cashier and made new friends daily. Some of her hobbies were dancing, going on cruises, camping with family, watching races with her baby brother, reading books, doing word searches, watching TV, and crocheting. But her favorite was fishing! Don’t forget—feeding the great-grandchildren fruit and watching them play on her hill.

JoAnn is preceded in death by her parents, James Hoyt and Ella Mae Cox; sister, Mae Elizabeth “Betty” Faulk; brothers, James “Bud” Cox, Billy Wayne Cox, and Clemmie Gene Cox; grandchildren, Spring Marie Thomas, Robert Daniel “Robbie” Thomas, and Michelle Williams. She is survived by her children, Glenda Ann Thomas, Hartford “Hardy” Burris, Jr. (Penny) and Sharon Lee Mire (Jeff); one sister, Roselle “Rosie” Rheuark; grandchildren, Jeffery Mire, Jr., Sabrina White (Curtis), Jason Bracken (Ibis), Robert Williams, Kenneth Parker (Autumn) Thomas, and Donald Price; great-grandchildren, Jeffrey “Lil Red” Mire III, Dakota Mire, Curtis, Cayden, and Cassidy White, Marc Thomas (Tiffany) Tyler, Hannah, Tristan, Jessica Bracken, Morgan, Bohi, Mallory Williams, Kendra, Haley Porterfield, Raven, Damian Parker, and Melanie Price, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Many will remember her as independent, hardworking, caring, loving, and sweet. She is forever in our hearts. Mom, Granny, GG… We love you!

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm Friday, January 17, 2020 in the Broadus-Raines Chapel with Dr. Tim McDaniel officiating. The family will receive friends in the chapel from 12:30 pm until service time. Interment will follow in Russell Haven of Rest Cemetery.