Mrs. Sarah Jo Ballew Glovan

Mrs. Sarah Jo Ballew Glovan, age 86 of Toccoa passed away Friday, November 4, 2022 at the Stephens County Hospital.

A daughter of the late Clarence and Bessie Ross Ballew, she was born September 4, 1936 in Fannin County, Georgia, having lived in Baldwin, Georgia for a number of years before moving to Toccoa in 2000.  She was first employed with Head Start and later worked with the State of Georgia, Avita Community Partners for the Mentally and Intellectual Challenged.  She was a member of Toccoa Presbyterian Church and volunteered for the Toccoa Soup Kitchen.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Robert Glovan and by seven siblings, Georgia Patton Ballew, Dewey Ballew, Earl Ballew, Clarence Trenier Ballew, Jr., Grace Long, Ruby Robbins and Blanche Ledbetter.

Survivors include two daughters and son-in-law, Shirley Wright and Richard Buttimer of St. Augustine, Florida and Marilyn Irene Wright of Hillsboro, Oregon; sons and daughter-in-law, Frank David Wright and Robin of Bartow, West Virginia and Thomas Leonard Wright, Jr. of Brunswick, Georgia; grandchildren, Josiah, Summer, Paige, Benny and Austin; four great-grandchildren; fifteen nieces and nephews.

Memorial service will be Saturday, November 12, 2022, 11 o’clock a.m. at the Toccoa Presbyterian Church with The Reverend Sam Thompson officiating.  Online condolences may be left for the family at www.acree-davisfh.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Toccoa Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 367, Toccoa, Georgia 30577 in memory of Mrs. Sarah Jo Ballew Glovan.

Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Sarah Jo Ballew Glovan.