Jo Pears passed on Friday evening, January 11, 2019, at Madison Hospital near Huntsville, Alabama. Jo was born March 16, 1929 in Bridgeport, West Virginia to the parents of Lonnie and Dana Carpenter. She spent most of her life and raised her family in Homewood, Alabama. Mrs. Pears is preceded in death by husband Coultas Dodsworth Pears, and her siblings: Goldia, Louise, Ruth, Darlene, Eveline, and William. She leaves behind son, Gary C. Pears, son Robert M. Pears, and daughter Sandra Pears Wilson, and a large number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Mrs. Pears loved the children who she took care of at Homewood Day Nursery for twenty-five years. She alertly kept up with daily news and current events which led to many interesting conversations with family members. Immediate family is attending her inurnment at Dignity Memorial / Southern Heritage in Pelham, Alabama on Monday, January 21, 2019.