Background
Hendren, Jo Ann was born on February 26, 1935 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Sidney W. and Myra (Hutto) Burns.
Hendren, Jo Ann was born on February 26, 1935 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Sidney W. and Myra (Hutto) Burns.
Student, Virginia Intermont, Bristol, 1952-1953; student in home economics, U. Tennessee, 1953-1954.
Assistant manager, Hallmark Cards & Gifts, Maryville, 1977-1984; owner, manager, Hideaway Cottages, Townsend, Tennessee, since 1980. Governor task force Tourism and the Arts, 1986-1987.
Board directors Blount County History Trust, 1986-1988, Smoky Mountain Visitors Bureau, since 1996. Member Friends of Christy, the Musical, 1995, 96. Member Townsend Chamber of Commerce, Blount County Chamber of C., Nature Conservancy.
Married R. Neil Southern, July 17, 1954, (divorced March 1973). Children: Robert Neil Junior, Joel Burns, Myra Ann. Married James E. Hendren (June 10, 1976).