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JoAnn Renfrow

[October 11, 2011]  LINCOLN -- JoAnn Renfrow, 74, of Lincoln, formerly of Atlanta, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Her graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Atlanta Cemetery. Maurice Stribling will officiate.

Arrangements are with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta.

Over the course of her life, Mrs. Renfrow worked at Stetson's and Eaton manufacturing facilities in Lincoln and as a home health care giver. She also volunteered as a foster grandparent at Chester-East Lincoln School.

She was born Dec. 18, 1936, in Atlanta. Her parents were Edward and Maude Awe Baker. She married Calbert Renfrow, and he preceded her in death.

She is survived by her daughters, Lisa (and Chris) Carter of Flagstaff, Ariz., and Stephanie Hart of Lincoln; two stepchildren, Terry (and Carol) Renfrow of Minonk and Carol Mattingly of Bloomington; six grandchildren, Timothy and Ryan Bell, Leigh Ann Bethel, and Konnor, Kayleigh and Kristopher Evans; six stepgrandchildren, Malinda Peters, Michael Renfrow, Jodi (and Eric) Slater, Travis Stout, Erica (and Chuck) Riblet and Jared Mattingly; three great-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Winton (and Virginia) Baker of Bakersfield, Calif., and Ronald (and Cherie) Baker of Atlanta; and one sister, Jean Hill of Atlanta.

She was also preceded in death by one brother, Edwin B. Baker.

Memorials may be made to the family.

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