A memorial service will be held on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Rumple Presbyterian Church in Blowing Rock, NC with Rev. Kathy Beach and Rev. Dr. Stephen Huntley, Jr. officiating.
Joanne was born in Cleveland, OH to the late Clarence and Alice Boyce Belle. Joanne was a graduate of Florida State University and a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. She was a homemaker and an avid bridge player. She was a member of Rumple Presbyterian Church and had volunteered with the Blowing Rock Community Center. She will be missed by her bridge family and many friends.
She was preceded in death by husbands, Luther Rice Hogan, Jr. and Joseph Wesley Woollen; and brothers, William Belle and Robert Belle. Joanne is survived by her children, Nancy Hogan of Asheville, NC, Judy Henning (Bruce) of Charlotte, NC, and Patrick Hogan (Marian) of Summerfield, NC; stepchildren, Barbara Jean Gulley (Gayle), Mike Woollen (Margaret), Pat Woollen (Judy), Steve Woollen (Marguerite), Scott Woollen and Lee Woollen (Della Rose); grandchildren: Lila Zimmerman, John Zimmerman, Sarah Henning, Davis Henning, Michael Henning, Taylor Hogan, Ellie Hogan, Anna Hogan, Joseph Gulley, Jeremy Gulley, Memory Morgan, Ashley Stinson, Liz Whybrew, Steven Woollen, Stephane Mayer, Tim Woollen, Megan Binder, Kaitlyn Woollen and Victoria Woollen; great grandchildren: Sarah Gulley, Lauren Gulley, Daniel Gulley, Eowyn Morgan, Benjamin Stinson, Lian Stinson, Barrett Woollen, Addis Woollen, Kai Woollen and Autumn Mayer, and a host of friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Saint Jude’s Children Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38015 or to the Watauga Humane Society, 312 Paws Way Boone NC 28607 in memory of Joanne Belle Hogan Woollen.
Online condolences may be made at www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com.
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