Martha “Jo” Gisi Hice, daughter of the late Edmond Gisi and Mary Iva Morrison Gisi, was born on October 20, 1930, in Rural Essex, Missouri, and departed this life on December 16, 2023, at Memory Lane in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 93 years.

Mrs. Hice was a former employee of Arvin Meritor in Dexter, Missouri. She was a member of Hopewell General Baptist Church in Essex, Missouri, and a resident of Dexter. She was an avid fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and Richland Rebel Basketball. She enjoyed being outdoors and she loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by two daughters, Terri Iva Hice of Dexter, Missouri, and Jackie Jones and husband Darrell of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; by two grandchildren, Bradley Jones and wife Janet and Mindy Lorenz and husband Justin; and by three great-grandchildren, Ayden Jones, Ryker Jones, and Zachary Jones.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by six brothers, Glennon Gisi, Charles Gisi, Raymond Gisi, Eugene Gisi, Harold Gisi, and Wilbert “Fib” Gisi; and by two sisters, Ethel French, and Stella Gisi.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Rick Roberts officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements.