JoAnn Howard Kennedy was employed with many years with Vanity Fair of Atmore and later moving to Pensacola, Florida she became self employed by owning her own child care facility until her health began to decline. She exhaled the breath of life and inhale the eternal rest, transitioning from time to eternity on Saturday Morning, August 18, 2018. She was preceded in death by her father, Sammie Lee Howard, Sr.

JoAnn will continue to be loved and cherished by her loving and devoted mother, Lillie Bell Howard of Walnut Hill, Florida; a loving son, Lakedrick D`Andrea Howard of Pensacola, Florida; husband, Leon Kennedy; four brothers: Roosevelt Knight, Lorenzo Knight, Jimmy Earl Howard all of Walnut Hill, Florida and Sammie Lee Howard, Jr of Pensacola, Florida; one grandson, Semaj Dandre Howard; Godson, Demarian “Dee” Knotts of San Antonio, Texas; devoted cousins: John Averart and Danny Ikner both of Pensacola, Florida; devoted friend, Deloris Odom of Pensacola, Florida; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.