JOAN STANLEY JESSEE

Joan Stanley Jessee, 74, of Wise, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 18, 2021.

Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Jessee; father, Nolan Stanley; mother, Cora Stanley; and four brothers, Scott Stanley, Edd Stanley, Jerry Stanley, Jeffrey Morrissette.

She is survived by her children, Tracy Hunt and husband Pervin, Michael Jessee, and Cindy Caldwell and husband Brad; grandchildren, Jessalynn Hunt, Kacie Salomonsky and husband Reid, Christian Jessee, Anthony Sexton, Lauren Caldwell and Jordan Taylor; great-grandchildren, Nolan Salomonsky, Norah Salomonsky; two special nephews, Jacob Morgan and Andrew Morgan; brothers, Nolan Stanley and wife Glenetta, Earl Stanley and wife Bess and Ken Stanley; sisters, Jean Ashmore, Jewell Morgan, Sherry Large and husband Billy, Sandy Boggs and husband Leonard, Janice Kennedy, and Jo Ann Burnham and husband Nathan; sisters-in-law, Grace Stanley and Mavis Stanley; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Joan Stanley Jessee were conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 24 at the Sturgill Funeral Home chapel in Wise with Rev. Earl Stanley officiating. Family received friends from 5:30 p.m. until time of services. Graveside committal services and burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 25, 2021 in the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap. Family and friends will meet at 10:15 a.m. Friday at the funeral home to go to the cemetery in procession. In lieu of flowers, family ask that there be NO flowers, donations can be made to Sturgill Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1068 Wise, VA 24293 to help with the burial expenses.

Please visit www.sturgillfuneral.com to leave online condolences for the family.

Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise is in charge of arrangements.