Funeral services will be 11:00 am Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Hanes-Lineberry Sedgefield Chapel, 6000 West Gate City Blvd., Greensboro, NC 27407 with Rev. Keith Carroll officiating. Joanne will be laid to rest in Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends and loved ones from 10:00 until 11:00 am, prior to the funeral, at the funeral home.
Joanne was born on August 19, 1940 in Henderson, NC to the late Eugene and Gertrude Stevenson. She received an Associate’s Degree from Kings College and worked as an Administrative Assistant for the Guilford County School System. She enjoyed arts and crafts, sewing and gardening. Joanne was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend who was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ, her Lord and Savior. She was loved by many and will be missed by all who knew her. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband and father of her children, Thomas Monroe Wright.
Those left to cherish her memory include her second husband, Parker McLendon; daughter, Linda Fitzgerald (Brian) of Thomasville, NC; son, John Wright (Donna) of Louisburg, NC; brothers, Ralph Stevenson (DeeAnn) of High Point, NC and James Stevenson (Judy) of Oak Ridge, NC; grandchildren, Jonah Wright and Karissa Wright and other extended family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Davidson County Hospice.
Online condolences may be made at www.haneslineberryfhsedgefield.com.
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