Ninth Generation

18480. Werdna Joan "Jo" Ollis was born on 9 January 1948 in Avery Co., NC.⁴⁵⁶⁰¹

Her birth record names her Wanda Jean Ollis while her marriage record disagrees and names her Werdna Joan "Jo" Ollis.
Werdna died at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Washington Co., TN on 4 July 2012 and was buried at Stameytown Cemetery in Newland, Avery Co., NC on 6 July 2012 .⁴⁵⁶⁰²

Obituary, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Newland, NC

Werdna Joan (Jo) Ollis Rouse, 64, of the Stameytown Community entered into eternal rest on the morning of July 4, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center after a long illness.

She was born on January 9, 1948 to L. Guy and Beverly Gragg Ollis in Avery County, North Carolina.

Jo was a graduate of Crossnore High School and Mayland Community College. She had been a long time employee of Avery County until her retirement due to disability.

Jo was preceded in death by her parents, her daughters Sylvia and Cynthia and a brother, Thomas Lloyd Ollis.

Surviving Jo are her husband Donald (Don) E. Rouse of the home, daughters Raquel Dionne Rouse and husband Patrick Lyvers of Bardstown, Kentucky, and Shelley Patricia Rouse Helms of Newland, North Carolina; sons Eric Burton Rouse and wife Sandi of Yadkinville, North Carolina, and Aaron Christopher Rouse of Newland; sister Beverly Ann Ollis Smith and husband Gene of Shallotte, North Carolina; brothers Clay Mitchell Ollis of McDowell County, North Carolina, and Doyle Baxter Ollis and wife Carol of Telford, Tennessee; grandchildren Andrew Lyvers-Rouse and Selena Lyvers-Rouse of Bardstown, Kentucky, Cody, Harley and Chase Rouse of Yadkinville, North Carolina, Gavin Beulin of Winston Salem, North Carolina, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

Visitation will be Thursday, July 5, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Newland, N.C. Funeral services will be Friday, July 6, starting 11:00 a.m. at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, followed by burial at Stameytown Cemetery in Altamont, N.C.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Thomas Lloyd Ollis Memorial Scholarship Fund through Mayland Community College.Condolences and memories may be shared at www.rsfh.net.

Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home of Newland is serving the Rouse family.

A living couple was married in 1966 in Cranberry Twp., Avery Co., NC.⁴⁵⁶⁰³ Living (private).