Jo Ann Lyons Fentress, age 82, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Tuesday, (January 17, 2012) at the Springview Health and Rehab in Leitchfield.

She was born on April 23, 1929, in McQuady, Kentucky, the daughter of the late David Murray and Grace Dempster Whitler Lyons. She was a devoted housewife and mother and was a member of the Leitchfield First Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Ralph Fentress, her children, Larry Fentress (Liz) of Louisville, KY, Dianne Popplewell (Mike) of Shepherdsville, KY, Debbie Thornton (Greg) and Peggy Higdon both of Leitchfield, David Fentress of Evansville, IN, Terri Fentress of Bowling Green, KY and Paige Lopez of Leitchfield, two sisters, Doris Moorman of Iowa and Bonnie Wilson of Hardinsburg, KY, one brother, B.W. Lyons of Leitchfield, fourteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother and sister, Robert C. Lyons and Margaret Murray Moore.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday (January 21, 2012) at the Leitchfield First Baptist Church in Leitchfield. Bro. Jerry Dunaway will be officiating. Burial will be in the Leitchfield Memory Gardens.

Friends may call at the Dermitt Funeral Home in Leitchfield from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. Friday and from 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Saturday.