Jo Ann Tharp

Jo Ann (Hazlett) Tharp, 81, of Rockville, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015.

Born May 10, 1934 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Leo and Mary Frances (Hutcheson) Hazlett.

She was a 1952 graduate of Bainbridge High School.

Jo Ann had retired from RR Donnelly and previously worked at PR Mallory, IBM Corp. and the Angwell Curtain Factory.

She was a member of the Eastern Star, Fillmore Lions Club and a member of the Fillmore Methodist Church.

She enjoyed taking walks and feeding the hummingbirds.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Royal Tharp, on Sept 8, 1976; a son, James Kelly; a daughter, Laura West; brothers Everett and John Hazlett; and grandsons Ralph Bartley, Willie Hayes, Dwight Trueblood and John Roy Tharp.

She is survived by her son, Scott (Lora) Tharp; a daughter, Joyce (Larry) Morgan; grandchildren Sarah (Jessie) Cox, Nathan Tharp, Nicholas Tharp, Lydia Tharp, Evelyn Tharp, Daniel Trueblood, Jennifer Dixon, Jeff Kelly, Jim Hayes, Ron Hayes and Don Hayes.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22 at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle, with interment to follow at Deer Creek Baptist Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from noon Sunday until time of service at the funeral home.

Condolences and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family c/o www.Hopkins-Rector.com.