JoAnne Whitlow

January 20, 1938 - February 22, 2021

JoAnne Richie Whitlow, 83, of 3449 Ringgold Church Rd., Ringgold, VA, died on, February 22, 2021, at her residence after a decline in health for the past year. Mrs. Whitlow was born on January 20, 1938, a daughter of the late Charles Elvin Richie and the late Lucille Alderson. She spent all of her life in the Pittsylvania County area where she retired from the Danville Christian School. She was a member of Ringgold Baptist Church where she was a member of the Ladies Group and the Joy Club. On December 21, 1956, she married Howard “H.F.” Whitlow, who survives of the residence. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Jerry L. Whitlow, of Greenville, SC, and Edward D. “Ed” Whitlow and wife Ellen, of Ringgold, VA; two grandchildren, Jacob A. Whitlow and wife Sierra, and Miah Grace Whitlow; a great grandchild, Judah Gray Whitlow; and three brothers, Buddy Richie, of South Boston, VA, Tommy Richie and wife Barbara, of Ringgold, VA, and Johnny Richie, of Sutherlin, VA. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wrenn-Yeatts Westover Chapel with the Reverend Duane Caldwell and Mr. Duane Almond officiating. Interment will follow the service in Highland Burial Park. The family will be receiving friends at the residence. Wrenn-Yeatts Westover Chapel is respectfully serving the Whitlow family.