JoElla Hedge passed away Thursday, December 30, 2010 in Fort Worth. Service: 2:00 P.M. Monday, January 3 at White's Azle Funeral Home. Interment: Ash Creek Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 P.M. Sunday at White's Azle Funeral Home. JoElla was born to Walter and Georgia Muriel Rankin December 9, 1937 in Fort Worth. She was a longtime resident of Azle. JoElla was a nurse for 44 years, loved to take care of others and was a daddy's girl. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ernest; and sister, Judy. Survivors include son, Jackie Taylor of Granbury; daughters, Shawna Taylor and partner, Sheri of Fort Worth, Carole Lanier and husband, Jay of Azle and Lisa Leal and husband, Eleno of Springtown; also six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; and a host of loving family and friends.