Mrs. Jo Ann Jarrell Thompson, age 61, of Tallapoosa passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014.  Mrs. Thompson was born in Rome, Georgia on February 4, 1953.  She was the daughter of the late Edward Jarrell and the late Helen Phillips Jarrell.  Mrs. Jarrell was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Donny Wayne Thompson; and one brother, Mickey Jarrell.

Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Ann Collins and Johnny Carter of Tallapoosa, D'Ronica and Randy Morgan of Chatsworth and D'Lee Turner of Tallapoosa; three sons, Eric Thompson, Anthony Thompson of Missouri and Richie Truett of Tallapoosa; one sister and brother-in-law, Nita and Raymond Anderson of Cedartown; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Andy and Donna Jarrell of Buchanan and Phil Jarrell of Tallapoosa; five grandchildren, Tessie Collins, Stephanie Bordelon, Jackie Turner, Logan Carter and Cheyenne Morgan; two great grandchildren, Markley McMichael and Sam Bordelon; and a number of other relatives.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 4:00 P.M. from Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel with Rev. Chester Pesnell officiating.  Interment will follow in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Tallapoosa with the following gentlemen serving as pallbearers: Eric Thompson, Richie Truett, Johnny Carter, Randy Morgan, Brian Jarrell and Jonathan Jarrell.  Serving as an honorary pallbearer will be Logan Carter.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening from 6:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.

Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan is in charge of the arrangements.