Mrs. Jo Anne Holtzclaw Dearing
Feb. 23, 1930 ~ July 23, 2016
Mrs. Jo Anne Holtzclaw Dearing, age 86, died on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Country Oaks Assisted Living from a heart ailment.
She was born Feb. 23, 1930 to Mr. William Ethel Holtzclaw, Jr. and the former Miss Clarice Marceile Blackmore in Austin.
Her younger sisters Patricia Marceile and Dale Lynn completed the family.
As Jo Anne lived and died in Texas, so did her parents, grandparents, and all eight of her great-grandparents.
Jo Anne graduated from Austin High School in 1949.
Soon after, she married Mr. Olin Clyde Dearing, Jr. on June 27, 1949 in her Grandmother Hattie Blackmore’s living room in Austin.
Mr. & Mrs. Dearing welcomed daughter Jo Lynn on their second wedding anniversary, and son Olin Clyde III two years later, before accepting a job opportunity in Dallas.
This is where daughters Nancy Lee and Elizabeth Anne were born.
