JoAnne Burris Connell

1950 - 2018

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JoAnne Burris Connell, 68, of Jacksonville, FL passed away on December 16, 2018. JoAnne was born June 30, 1950 in Jacksonville, the daughter of the late A.M. and Dorothy Barwick Burris. Growing up she spent a lot of time at the family ranch - Lazy Acres - riding horses and playing with the many animals there. She also spent most of her teen years at Teen Town at Woodstock Youth Center, where her mother was a chaperone. JoAnne graduated from Paxon Senior High School in 1968.
JoAnne was a charter member of Maranatha Baptist Church in Jacksonville, where she accepted the Lord as her savior in 1975. In 1984, she and her husband moved their letters to Westside Baptist Church in Jacksonville, where she was a Nursery coordinator and played violin in the Church Orchestra for ten years. She later became a member of First Baptist Church, downtown Jacksonville, where she continued to play violin for over eight more years.
JoAnne is predeceased by both her parents, A.M. and Dorothy Burris, two sisters; Florrie Johnson Miceli and Diane Penn Essa, and her husband of 38 years, David C. Connell.
Surviving are their children; Jason Corey Connell,
Ashley Connell Rodriguez and her husband Oscar, Lesley Connell Trifiletti and her husband Richard, and her four grandchildren; Gage Corey Connell, Olivia Julianne Rodriguez, David-Logan, and Penelope Anne Trifiletti.
In lieu of flowers please send donations to NE Florida Community Hospice.
You may leave words of comfort and sympathy at www.HGRiversideFuneralHome.com . HARDAGE-GIDDENS, RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL PARK and FUNERAL HOME, 7242 Normandy Boulevard is serving the family.

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