JoAnna Hoyle-Davis

Published 11:23 am Friday, January 8, 2016

JoAnna Hoyle-Davis

August 29, 1948 – January 1, 2016

JoAnna Lura Hoyle-Davis, 67, of Columbia, Calif., formerly of Valdosta, Ga., died Jan. 1, 2016  of heart disease.

 She was an in-demand Hollywood costumer for, among others, the television shows Murder She Wrote, Beverly Hills 90210, and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and for the movies Camp Nowhere, Mr. Payback, and The Out-of-Towners. She was production assistant on Back to the Future Part III. JoAnna’s creative talent extended to painting and sculpting. 

Born in Fitzgerald, Ga., she was a 1967 Valdosta High School graduate and attended Valdosta State University. She was the daughter of the late U.S. Air Force retired Maj. Walter Evans Hoyle and Mary Jeanne Meeks Hoyle Wickus of Valdosta. 

Survivors include a daughter, Mary Kate Vieux of Portland, Ore.; two grandsons, Joshua Davis and Jasper Davis of Portland; two sisters, Jeanne Evans Hoyle of Columbia, Calif. and Lisa Hoyle Slamkowski of Palm Desert, Calif.; her brother, David Henry Hoyle of Palm Desert; a cousin, Jim Mathis of Fitzgerald; and her nieces and nephews. — Terzich & Wilson Funeral Home in Sonora, Calif., was in charge of arrangements.