JO ANN COFFEY NASH

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Jo Ann Coffey Nash, age 77, loving wife of 35 years to George William Nash Jr., died on Monday, March 30, 2020, at Blue Ridge of Sumter.

Born in Alexandria, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Clyde Preston Coffey Sr. and Helen Mildred Edwards Coffey. Jo Ann loved people, especially children. She worked most of her life as a nanny and helped raise many children all over the world. In her spare time, she loved to plant flowers and decorate her home. She enjoyed going to yard sales and flea markets with her husband, George. She was an advocate for animals and was always taking in strays. Jo Ann was a very devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

In addition to her husband, George, she is survived by a son, Joseph Hilburn and his wife, Patty, of Woodbridge, Virginia; a brother, Rex Wayne Coffey and his wife, Cindy, of Charlotte Hall, Maryland; two sisters, Sandy Lee Basham of Alexandria and Penny Sue O'Connell of Mechanicsville, Maryland; a granddaughter, Ashley Milstead; and a great-grandchild.

She was predeceased by a daughter, Donna Milstead; and a brother, Clyde Preston Coffey Jr.

Services will be private.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family's guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.