Josephine “Jo” Webster Fann, age 92, of Natchitoches, LA, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Louisiana Extended Health Care in Natchitoches, LA. Arrangements are being handled by Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Friday, June 18, 2010. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 19, 2010, at the funeral home with Rev. Joe Caples officiating. Interment will follow the services at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA.
Mrs. Jo was a very compassionate and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a member of Cane River Baptist Church where she attended faithfully. She was a great Christian example, and she taught her children to live their lives accordingly. She lived a long active life, with many accomplishments and wonderful memories. She was many things in this life, but most of all, she was a great mom. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert Woodrow Fann; her parents, Leroy Asbury Webster, Sr. and Nettie Riddle Webster; one sister, Elizabeth Everett; and three brothers, Asbury Webster, Jr., Russel Webster, and John "Buddy" Webster.
She is survived by three daughters, Sue Chandler of Natchitoches, LA, Pat Carver and husband Roger of Crocker, MO, and Jo Ann Helms and husband Danny of Owensville, MO; two sons, Allen Fann and wife San Dee of Keller, TX and Chuck Fann and wife Sandy of Hutchinson, KS; twenty one grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and two sisters, Geraldine Webster Russel of Natchitoches, LA and Frances Gallien and husband Warren of Giddings, TX.