JoAnn Brady

Mrs. Jo Ann Brady, age 77, of Gurdon, Arkansas, passed away Sunday May 8, 2011, at her daughters home, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was born July 14, 1933 to George and Lola Smithpeters Stewart in Clark County Arkansas. She was a retired homemaker and a member of Beech Street Baptist Church. Mrs. Brady is preceded in death by her husbands LaVoy "Tump" Kelly, Harold C. Brady, her parents and one niece, Karen Stewart. Mrs. Brady is survived by one daughter Christy & Kenny Allen of Hot Springs, Arkansas, two brothers Buddy & Jeanie Stewart , David & Betty Stewart all of Gurdon, Ark.; two sisters Francis Reynolds of Gurdon, Ark.; & Judy Pierce of Fordyce, Ark.; two grandchildren Kelly and Jason Whitlock of Benton, Ark.; and Cassidy & Jonathan Jones of Hot Springs, Ark.; two great-grandchildren Brady & Grace Ann Whitlock of Benton, Ark. Visitation will be Wednesday May 11, 2011 prior to Service from 12-2 p.m. at Beech Street Baptist Church, Gurdon, Arkansas. Interment will follow in Center Ridge Cemetery. Services entrusted to Pharr Funeral Home of Gurdon. The Online guest book is available at pharrfuneralhomes.com Special thanks to caregivers Cyndi DeBow, Millie Filipek and Arkansas Hospice. In Lieu of flowers Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice or First Lutheran Outreach 105 Village Road Hot Springs, Ark. 71913.