Mrs. Joann Knowles Burns

Jeffcoat Funeral Home 255 Friendship Road Tallassee, AL 36078 Tel (334) 283-6801 Joann Knowles Burns, a resident of Ringgold, Georgia, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, June 26, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Burns is survived by her children, David (Susie) Burns and Lydia (David) Babb; grandchildren, Anna Burns (Sean) Phillips, Amanda Babb (Adam) Hare, Sarah Elizabeth Burns, Phillip Knowles Burns and Andrew (Afton) Babb; great-grandchildren, August, Jude and Layla Hare and sister, Frances Knowles Groves. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Phillip Duwayne Burns; parents, Willie Homer Knowles and Lurleen Pollard Knowles and brother, Charles Raymond Knowles. Graveside Services will be 11:00AM CST, Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Rose Hill Cemetery, Tallassee, Alabama. Mrs. Burns was born in Tallassee, Alabama, and lived most of her life in Montgomery, Alabama, before moving to Ringgold in 2001. Joann was a member at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Children’s Ministry, 422 Poplar Springs Road, Ringgold, Georgia 30736.