Joan was a native of Greensville County, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Ernest Harrell Beatty and Janice Lynch.

Joan was a loving wife and mother to her two children. Joan was Secretary/Treasurer of J.E. Kerr Timber Company. She was a member of Smith United Methodist Church and had worked with the Prison Match Ministry over the years.

Joan is survived by her husband James E. Kerr, II, her daughter, Meghan K. Jenkins and her husband, Cory of Roanoke Rapids, her son Justin Kerr and his wife Sarah of Roanoke Rapids, her sister Ginger Beatty of Skippers, Va. Aunts, Lois Mizele and her husband, Frank of Roanoke Rapids, Joyce Tomlin and Emma Brewer and her husband, Willy both of Skippers, Va.

Funeral Services will be held Wednesday December 7, 2016 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Askew Funeral and Cremation Services with Rev. Rochelle Bailey and Rev. Gene Cobb officiating.

Interment will follow in the Smith United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The Family will receive friends Tuesday from 7-8:30 at the Funeral Home and other times at the Home.

Online Condolences may be made to the family at www.askewfs.com