Jo Ann Young MacCurdy

JO ANN YOUNG MAcCURDY peacefully passed away on the 30th of April 2009, in Houston, Texas, after a courageous battle against cancer. She was born on the 7th August 1929, in San Antonio, Texas. Jo Ann lived a fulfilling life as an entrepreneur, beginning as a floral designer in 1952 and owning two shops - Melrose Florist and Jo Ann's Flowers and Gifts in the Medical Center. Following this, she became a successful restaurateur, opening the Le Bistro Private Club. She then earned her Real Estate license and continued in this profession for the remainder of her life. After the death of her husband John MacCurdy in 1995, she and her beloved sister, Vera Archer, moved to Rockport, Texas and opened the Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast and Catering Business. Subsequently, she and Vera moved back to Houston in 2008. Jo Ann is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and two brothers. She leaves her daughter Barbara Young Davis, and three grandchildren and one great-grandchild: J.J. Davis; Matthew Davis and his wife Jill and their son Graham; Holly Davis Bebout and her husband Steve Bebout. She is also survived by her loving siblings and in-laws: Charlene Archer, Gladys and Gerald Green, Barbara and Robert Archer, Dreak and Woody Archer, Vera Archer, Grace and Ron Powell, and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock in the afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening on Monday, the 4th of May, in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston. The memorial service will be conducted at one o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, the 5th of May, in the Jasek Chapel at Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston, where Rev. Charles Thompson, Executive Pastor at First United Methodist Church of Houston, will officiant. Prior to the memorial service, the family will have gathered for a private interment ceremony at Houston National Cemetery. In lieu of usual remembrances, memorial contributions in memory of Jo Ann may be directed to M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, P. O. Box 4486, Houston, TX 77210, or a charity of one's choice.