JoAnn Hargis, 74, Harrisonville, MO, died Monday, October 12, 2009 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 16, 2009 at the Atkinson Chapel in Harrisonville. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at the chapel. Burial will be in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Memorial contributions may be made to: The Leukemia Society, Mid-America Chapter, 6811 West 63rd Street, Suite 202, Shawnee Mission, KS 66202.

JoAnn was born September 2, 1935 in Clinton, MO, the daughter of James Francis and Willella (Hicks) Pearcy, II. She had lived in the Garden City, MO area before moving to Harrisonville. She was a graduate of Clinton Missouri High School.

JoAnn had worked for Crabtree Harmon, Harmon and Durham Bus Company for the past 41 years, driving a bus for the Harrisonville schools. She had worked for the United Telephone Company in Harrisonville for many years. She had also worked at the Lee Theater in Harrisonville and the Cass County Drive-In for many years.

JoAnn was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Tim and David Hargis, one brother, Paul Wesley Pearcy and one sister, Evelyn Ruth Kunkler. She is survived by two sons, Jeff Hargis, Cleveland, MO and Eric Hargis, Harrisonville, MO; one daughter, Linda Keeth, Harrisonville, MO; one brother, James Francis Pearcy, III, Higginsville, MO; one sister, Jean Groves, Kansas City, MO; 14 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.