JoAnn Smith Colston, 81, passed away on Sunday, October 3, 2021. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, October 8, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home. Burial will be in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Tony Tidwell officiating. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m. to service time. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pine Pointe Hospice, 6261 Peake Road, Macon GA 31210, American Cancer Society, 804 Cherry St., Macon GA 31201 or American Diabetes Foundation, 326 Greene St., Augusta GA 30901.
JoAnn was born to the late Ernest and Mary Grace Shinholster Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband of forty-seven years, Jimmy L. Colston, sons, Charles Chadwick Colston and Edward Kenneth Anderson, Jr., and her sister, Patricia Byrd. She was a housewife and loved to travel with her husband on business trips. She never stopped and was always on the go. JoAnn was full of life and love for her family. She was of the Baptist faith and was an avid Georgia Bulldog and Atlanta Braves fan.
She is survived by her son, Reginald Boyd Anderson, sons by marriage, Thomas and Wendell Colston, (Kenny's wife), daughter-in-law, Michelle Anderson, grandchildren, Sheri Lee and Joanna Anderson, Lexi Gore, Justin, Mason and Ian Cody, grandchildren by marriage, Wesley, Grace and Clayton Colston, several great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery has charge of the arrangements.
