JOAN BLEVINS, 82, PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER, 13, 2015 IN SPRINGFIELD, MO., AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH THE EFFECTS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. SHE WAS BORN MAY 15, 1933 AT HER GRANDPARENTS HOME IN SPRINGFIELD TO JAMES AND BESSIE (JUSTICE) SMITH. SHE WAS A LIFELONG NIXA RESIDENT. SHE ATTENDED RIVERDALE BAPTIST CHURCH OF NIXA AND WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF FREMONT HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE LAST ATTENDED. JOAN WORKED FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY FOR 25 YEARS IN BOTH THE ASSESSOR AND RECORDERS OFFICIES. SHE LOVED THE LORD, HER FAMILY AND WAS A FRIEND TO MANY. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS; HER HUSBAND OF 64 YEARS, WILLIAM; AND TWO BROTHERS, BOB AND JIM SMITH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, DAVID (BARBARA) OF SPRINGFIELD; A DAUGHTER, PHYLLIS (RICK) HENDERSON OF TUNAS, MO; TWO GRANDSONS, KOI HENDERSON AND EVAN (CHASTITY) HENDERSON; THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, CHAYLA, KIMBER, AND PRESLEY; AND TWO SISTER-IN-LAWS, BARBARA SMITH OF ELK GROVE, CALIF. AND MARGIE SMITH OF NIXA.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE AT 10:30 AM, NOVEMBER, 16, AT GLENN CEMETERY, NIXA. NO VISITATION SERVICES ARE PLANNED. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS A DONATION CAN BE MADE TO THE FREMONT HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH OR GLENN CEMETERY. SERVICES HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO GREENLAWN FUNERAL HOME SOUTH.