Joan Lavell Wise

Mrs. Joan Wise, 80, of Cameron, passed away unexpectedly in at her home on February 22, 2021. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 27, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the Kathryn W. Green Chapel of Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Cameron, with Rev. Stephen Kelley and Rev. Bill Harris officiating. Burial will follow in the Liberty Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held Friday, February 26, from 5-7 p.m., at the funeral home.

Joan Lavell Cogbill was born June 6, 1940, in Houston, to Grover and Janette (Deal) Cogbill. She was a 1958 graduate of Rockdale High School. She married Jerald Wise on November 7, 1958. Joan loved books and was an avid reader, especially studying the Bible. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Cameron.

She is survived by her husband, Jerald Wise; one son Steve Wise and wife, Chanyn, all of Cameron; two daughters, Debra Remy and husband, Doug, of Scottsdale, AZ, and Sherri Hennen and husband, Tom, of Willis.  Also surviving is one sister, Peggy Smith and husband, Clayton, of Franklin, TN. Ten Grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survives. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Jerry Cogbill.