Jo Ann Bartie was born on August 20, 1950 to Willie Clayton Sr. and Alice Clayton in Kosciusko, Mississippi. The family relocated to Berkeley, California when she was a young girl. Jo Ann accepted Christ at an early age.
Jo Ann graduated from Berkeley High School in June of 1968. On July 26, 1968 Jo Ann married Harlan Ware. To this union two children were born, one son, Harlan Jerel and one daughter, Cliethel Renae.
Jo Ann rededicated her life to Christ and was re-baptized at Abbysinian Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, California.
Over the years Jo Ann worked for AC Transit as a bus driver and as a clerk typist. Later she returned to the workforce starting as a driver and moving up to a customer service representative at Hertz Rental Car company. It was in this role, that she found purpose and was in her element, helping others. She retired in 2017 due to issues with her health.
Jo Ann had a love for her family like no other. Her children and grandchildren were her pride and joy. Jo Ann had a contagious laugh and an infectious smile and will be missed by everyone she loved. She would do everything she could to help another person.
Jo Ann leaves behind to cherish her memory a son, Harlan Jerel Ware and his wife Nicole of Hillsborough, North Carolina; a daughter Cliethel Slaton and her husband Saldino of Richmond, California; granddaughters: Monica, Nikole and Hannah; grandsons: Saldino II and Harlan II; brothers: Jerome Clayton of Oakland, California; James Lattimore and his wife Chyna Kosciusko, Mississippi; sister, Tina Marshall of Bay Point, California and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Jo Ann is proceed in death by father Willie Sr., mother Alice, two sisters Winnie and Tina, four brothers Bobby, Joe Willie, Willie Jr., Laverne and Tommy.
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