Joann Minks Schuler, 87, passed away Friday, January 28, 2022. She was born October 4, 1934 to the late Jesse Homer Minks and Mettie Marie Trent Minks. She was employed at P. Lorillard’s and General Electric, from which she retired. She was a resident of PRP for 63 years. She was a faithful member of Community Church of God for 25 years, New Restoration Church of God, and Harvest Church of God thereafter. She had a heart for nursery work and loved singing and rocking all her “church babies.”
Joann was preceded in death by her grandson, Christian Lee Wilson; siblings, James Clinton Minks, Ollie Mae Weston, Homer Jean Minks, Jack Lamar Minks, Nancy Elizabeth Bixler, and Mary Evelyn Nichols.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Joseph Leonard Schuler Jr., Julia Ann Maddox, Jannita Lynn Wilson, Jill Linnet Calloway; 7 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; brother, Jessi Homer Minks; and many loving nieces, nephews, and dear friends.
The Funeral Service will be Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 1:00pm with burial immediately following at Highland Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday from 10am until the time of the service at Arch L. Heady & Son Funeral Home – Okolona.