Jo Ann Bright

Jo Ann Dumford Bright, daughter of the late James Harmon and Lacy Lorie (Mowry) Dumford was born near Greenbush, Ohio on June 18, 1936 and departed this life on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio at the age of 89. She was a graduate of Mt. Orab High School and Wilmington College. Jo Ann loved children and wanted to teach. She taught 2nd grade for 35 years at Mt. Orab Elementary School for the Western Brown Local School District. She loved her job and loved the children. Some of the honors bestowed up her: she was chosen as a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar; she was given the Alumni Educator Award from Wilmington College and was a Kentucky Colonel. She was a member and attended the Union Plains United Methodist Church in Greenbush, Ohio and had always been a faithful member. Jo Ann was the choir director and played the piano for the choir and church services. She was the president of the United Methodist Women and greatly enjoyed the ladies and meetings. Her entire life was spent in the community in which she was born. Jo Ann’s jovial disposition, cheerful smile, kind and encouraging words were so characteristic of her philosophy of life. Her goal in life could be very well expressed in this poem: I never walk alone, Christ walks beside me; He is the dearest friend I’ve ever known; with such a friend to comfort and to guide me; I never, no, I never walk alone.

Mrs. Bright leaves to mourn her passing – many cousins including Charlene Scott and husband Hermie of Mt. Orab, Ohio, Shawn Scott and wife Liz and family of Cincinnati, Ohio, Brent Scott and wife Kim and family of East Lansing, Michigan, Ann Dragoo and husband Bill and family of Ripley, Ohio and Duane Bradley and wife Theresa and family of Birmingham, Alabama; special neighbors – Glen and Donna Frazee of Mt. Orab, Ohio and friends – Carrie Ballein and husband Steve and family of Bethel, Ohio, Bryon Frazee and Jodi and family of Burlington, Kentucky, Brent Frazee and family of Sardinia, Ohio and Cami Snider and family of Mt. Orab, Ohio.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 16, 2025 at the Cahall Funeral Home in Mt.Orab, Ohio. Vernon Green will officiate. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. Friday, August, 15, 2025 at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Mt.Orab Cemetery in Mt.Orab, Ohio.