Jo Helm, age 63, died November 5, 2011. She was born on October 7, 1948 to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Helm of Clarksville, DE. She graduated from Lord Baltimore High School and was enrolled for two years in Wilson College before transferring and graduating from the University of Delaware with a degree in Home Economics Communications. In 1970, she relocated to Knoxville and worked for the Knoxville Journal until 1973. After graduating from the University of Tennessee School of Law, she entered into private practice in Knoxville; she later joined the Knox County Attorney General’s office in 1984 under Ed Dossett as an assistant district attorney and retired in 2010 under Attorney General Randy Nichols after 28 years of service. Among her achievements, she was founding editor of the KBA newsletter, DICTA. From 1975-1978 she helped organize the first all-ladies Lions Club in Tennessee, one of the first such clubs following the affirmative vote on the “Ladies” question in Taiwan and was selected the Lion of the Year of the Greater Knoxville Lions Club in 1989. She was predeceased by her father Ralph N. Helm of Hockessin, DE and husband Gary A. Bledsoe of Knoxville, TN. Jo is survived by her loving Companion Dex and her delightful feline Punkin; her mother Gladys Steele Helm of Hockessin, DE; an aunt, Betty C. Steele of Dagsboro, DE; and aunt, Hazel H. Hargadine of Bethany Beach, DE; and cousins Jane H. Layton, Patricia H. Radcliff, Helen S. Lareau and Charles W. Steele III.