Funeral services for Jo Murrell, 83 of Harleton will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, March 3, 2014 at Harleton Baptist Church with Bro. Craig Evers and Bro. Will Sherman officiating. Interment will follow in Noonday Cemetery in Hallsville. The family will receive friends at the Downs Funeral Home from 4-6 p.m., Sunday, March 2nd. On February 28th Jo Murrell was walked home to be with the Lord by her love ones and her dogs in the comfort of her home. Beulah Jo Croft Murrell was born on October 14, 1930 in Shreveport, LA to David D. Croft and Lula Cooper Croft. She worked as the Harleton School Nurse for 30+ years, and at Good Shepherd Medical Center as a floor nurse and in the GI Lab, she was also owner and operator of Murrell Fish Farm. She enjoyed cooking, hunting, fishing, reading cook books and camping with friends. "Granny Jo" will be remembered for her kitchen always being open and no one ever leaving her home hungry. Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Cody Newman; grandchildren, Ross and Beth Slone, Sharla "Jo" and Thomas Visage, Lana Newman Suggs, Casey and Tiffany Newman, Lacy and Chris Townlin, Casey Slone; great grandchildren, Hailey and Madison Slone, Molly and Tom Visage, Kenny and Sophie Suggs, Lucas and Claire Townlin, Cagan and Collier Slone, and many special friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, David D. Croft and Lula Cooper Croft, her husband T.S. "Tommy" Murrell, her infant son, Troy David Blackburn, her son, Kenneth "Kenny" Ross Blackburn, her brother, John D. Croft, and sister-in-law, Norma Croft. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in her name to Alzheimer's Foundation of America, PO Box 96391, Washington, DC 20090 or the American Cancer Society Donations, PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.