Janis Marie Endsley, 83, of Lewisburg, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at Village Manor.

She was a native of Marshall County, the daughter of the late Virgil and Nora Sims Endsley. She was the Director of Nursing for the State of Tennessee and was a member of the Lewisburg First United Methodist Church. She graduated from St. Thomas nursing school and began her nursing career in Lewisburg working for Dr. Rutledge.

She then began working for public health in Bedford County, and then became the supervisor for the Upper Cumberland Regional Health Office in Cookeville. She retired as the Director of Nursing for the State of Tennessee. After retirement, she worked a few years in Ketchikan, Alaska in public health. Her favorite hobbies were gardening, antiques, and traveling the world.

She is survived by one daughter, Kay (Charles) Black of Lewisburg, and one sister, Brenda Day of Tuscaloosa, AL.

Visitation with the family will begin Thursday afternoon from 3 p.m. until the memorial service.

Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, at 5 p.m. from the chapel of London Funeral Home.

London Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.