Jo Eris Harper

MANTACHIE – Jo Eris Harper, 68, of Memphis, died Sunday, January 26, 2020, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis. She was born September 3, 1951, in Miami, Florida, to John Edward and Eura Mabel Walker Harper. She was a graduate of Memphis Tech High School and was a Baptist in belief. She retired as a legal secretary for the social security office for hearings and appeals in Memphis, TN. She loved being around and supporting her children and grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 2, at the McNeece-Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Mantachie. Burial will be in the Stephens Cemetery.

Survivors include two daughters, Lisa J. Gill (Todd Williams) and Heather Gray, both of Memphis; one brother, John Emory Harper of Tupelo; one sister, Celia Harper of Memphis; three grandchildren, Aubrey Gaston Gill, Rio Jasmine Richmond, and Jacob Allen; and one great-grandchild, Scarlett Richmond.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday at the funeral home.