Jo Ann Tench Russell Meloy

Jo Ann Tench Russell Meloy, 76, resident of Spring Valley Health Care Center, died Wednesday afternoon, June 1, 2011, at the Elbert Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Meloy was born in Habersham County, February 19, 1935, daughter of the late George W. and Dora Eliza Erwin Tench. She was a member of the Flatwoods Pentecostal Holiness Church and was retired from Majestic Manufacturing as a spinner. She was twice married, first to the late Walter Richard Russell, Sr. and second to the late Davis Meloy. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Franky Johnson of Elberton; son, Walter Richard "Ricky" Russell, Jr. of ; nine grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by daughter, Deborah Peak. Funeral services celebrating her life will be held Saturday, June 4, at 11AM in the Flatwoods Pentecostal Holiness Church with Reverend Phillip Hart officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Meloy will be placed in the church at 10AM to lie in state until the service hour. The family is at the home of Karen and Franky Johnson, 1761 Meadow Brook Drive, and will receive friends from 7-9PM Friday night at Berry Funeral Home. Flowers are graciously accepted, and memorials may be made in her honor to the Flatwoods Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2353 Dr. George Ward Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635, United Hospice of Athens, 435 Hawthorne Avenue, Athens, Georgia 30605, or to Elbert Memorial Hospital, 4 Medical Drive, Elberton, Georgia 30635. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.berryfh.com. Berry Funeral Home of Elberton is respectfully in charge of funeral arrangements for Jo Ann Tench Russell Meloy.