Larry Joe Pool was born June 5, 1942, and passed away Nov. 17, 2014.

Joe is survived by a son, Mike Pool of Sandpoint, Idaho; two daughters, Mandy Harley of Nyssa, Ore., and Christy Pool of Central Point, Ore; and grandchildren, Katy Seigler of Zephyer Hills, Fla., Jayne Youtsey of Nyssa, Ore., and Halea and Chandler Shade of Medford, Ore.

Joe grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to the Rogue Valley in 1970.

He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed deer and duck hunting, fishing, and was a professional bass fisherman for years.

Joe also enjoyed team roping and calf roping as a younger man.

He was an entrepreneur, starting the restaurant Eddy’s and an embroidery business as well as being an equipment operator.

Joe moved to Clearlake, Calif., in 2005 after the death of his beloved wife, JoAnne. There he pursued his bass fishing and love of the water until moving to Nyssa, Ore., to be close to Mandy and Jayne in 2011.

Joe was an outgoing person and friend to many he will greatly missed by his family and many friends.

Services will be at Conger-Morris Mortuary, Central Point, Ore., at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery where Joe will be laid to rest next to his wife, JoAnne.

In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Jackson County Junior Livestock Auction Committee, c/o Washington Federal, 891 O'Hare Parkway, Medford, OR 97504, Attn: Annie Aarseth.