Jo Ann Wilcox

Jo Ann Wilcox obituary, Versailles, KY

Jo Ann Wilcox

Jo Wilcox Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home on Mar. 7, 2025.

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Jo Ann Wilcox, 62, wife of Johnny Lee Wilcox passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Baptist Health Lexington, Kentucky. She was born March 26, 1962, in Shelbyville, Kentucky to the late John and Margaret Chappell Cissell. She was a homemaker, but her true love was her family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, John "JW" Cissell.
Jo Ann will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Johnny Lee Wilcox, son, Johnathan Wilcox (Kendra), Frankfort, Kentucky, brothers, Robert Cissell, Simpsonville, Kentucky, James Cissell (Elsa), Shelbyville, Kentucky, Charles Cissell (Carol), Paoli, Indiana, Roy Cissell, Shelbyville, Kentucky, sisters, Jewell Doyle (Bobby), Shelbyville, Kentucky, Dorothy Eades (Jimmy), Shelbyville, Kentucky, Vanessa Henken, Rineyville, Kentucky, and grandchild, Addie Wilcox.
Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, also at Rose Crest Cemetery, Versailles, where pallbearers will be Travis Woolums, Dylan Woolums, Doug Eades, Mark Cissell, Charles Cissell, Shane Henken.
Family and friends are encouraged to share memories and leave messages of condolence here on Jo Ann's tribute wall.
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