Funeral for Jo Travis, 92, of Decatur will be Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 2 p.m. at Ridout’s Brown-Service Funeral Home with Dr. Scotty Hogan officiating. Burial will be in Decatur City Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home.
Ms. Travis, who died Wednesday April 18, 2018 at her residence, was born on August 30, 1925, in Lawrence County to Joe Terry and Lillie Rodgers Terry. She was an employee at Prestolite and later a sales clerk at Hancock Fabric Store. She loved sewing, cooking, and collecting recipes. She especially loved her flowers. She was a longtime member of Northside Baptist Church and later became a member of Westmeade Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Wallace Finchum and Curtis Travis and grandson, Eric Terry.
She is survived by three daughters, Terry O’Brien and husband, Bill, Lisa Terry and Nancy Roberson; two brothers, Billy Terry and Roger Terry; two sisters, Lou Agnes Dotson and Joyce Terry; four grandchildren, Pam Borden Faircloth and husband, Lee, Joey Borden, Brad Roberson and Whitney Lambert; and two great-granddaughters, Emily and Audrey Faircloth.
