Jane Ann Harris

Jane Ann Harris, 83, of Greencastle, went to be with Jesus on Sunday, July 28, 2024 surrounded by her children.

The daughter of Gene and Thelma Hess (O’Hair), she graduated from Bainbridge High School where she was a majorette.

Jane Ann married and had five children, serving as room mother and always supporting her children in their activities. She taught preschool for many years at First Baptist Preschool, where she thoroughly enjoyed the young children. She was a member of Tri Kappa and Wellspring Church.

Small in stature but huge in quiet strength, Jane Ann always put others before herself. She enjoyed tending her flower gardens, vegetable gardening, painting, cooking, long walks, outings with her girlfriends and a variety of music. In her later years, neither her walker nor her wheelchair stopped her and her feisty spirit from dancing like nobody was watching! 

Jane Ann was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Jim Harris.

She is survived by brother Joe Hess (Barbara); children Shellie Thomas (Bill), Christie Repass, Jamie Maroney (Kevin), Paul Harris (Heather) and Lyndsay Holmes (Jason); grandchildren Rachel (Thomas), Raymer (Jeremy) and Shannon Maroney, Tyler and Derek Harris and Handley and Haelynn Everman; as well as many nieces, nephews and dear friends. 

Services for Jane Ann will be held Friday, Aug. 2 at Hopkins Rector Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., followed by the funeral service at 1 p.m. Burial will be at Brick Chapel Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Tri Kappa Scholarship Fund in Jane Ann’s memory. https://www.trikappa.org/our-impact/education/

Jane Ann’s children would like to thank Mill Pond and Life’s Journey Hospice for the tender care of their mother.