Joyce Aveline Garrett, age 83, Blairsville passed away November 10, 2012 in the Piedmont Hospital due to complications following open heart surgery. Mrs. Garrett was born January. 5, 1929 in Morganton, GA, the daughter of the late Homer Tipton and the late Lydia Ball Tipton.
Joyce had been a resident of Union County for the past thirty five years. Before her retirement she had been employed with Blairsville Manufacturing Company & was a seamstress for over forty years. Joyce was a loving mother, sister, aunt and grandmother who was a selfless, caring, thoughtful, humorous, devoted and generous soul "Gone home to be with her Savior." She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Lee Garrett in 1999. Mrs. Garrett was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving Mrs. Garrett are her daughter and son-in-law Joelle and Brian Kinsey of Hiawassee; stepson and his wife Jimmy and Frances Evans of Quitman, MS; stepdaughter Sharon Evans of Meridian, MS; sister and brother-in-law Gladys and Calvin Lunsford of Suches; brother and sister-in-law Frank and Gwen Tipton of Morganton; grandsons Jacob Davis and Seth Howard Kinsey; step grandsons Robert Evans, Richard Allen, Kenneth Evans, Chris Scalf, Terry Scalf and James Lambert; several nieces, nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Young and Rev. Harold Ledford officiating. Special music was presented by the Pleasant Grove Church Choir, Dodie Thomas & Megan O'Donald and member from the Macedonia Church Choir. The following gentleman served as pallbearers, Robert and Randy Tipton, Tommy Husky, Kenny Dehart, Chase Hemphill, and Danny Mejia. Interment followed in the Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in memory of Mrs. Garrett. Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements.
Joyce had been a resident of Union County for the past thirty five years. Before her retirement she had been employed with Blairsville Manufacturing Company & was a seamstress for over forty years. Joyce was a loving mother, sister, aunt and grandmother who was a selfless, caring, thoughtful, humorous, devoted and generous soul "Gone home to be with her Savior." She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Lee Garrett in 1999. Mrs. Garrett was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving Mrs. Garrett are her daughter and son-in-law Joelle and Brian Kinsey of Hiawassee; stepson and his wife Jimmy and Frances Evans of Quitman, MS; stepdaughter Sharon Evans of Meridian, MS; sister and brother-in-law Gladys and Calvin Lunsford of Suches; brother and sister-in-law Frank and Gwen Tipton of Morganton; grandsons Jacob Davis and Seth Howard Kinsey; step grandsons Robert Evans, Richard Allen, Kenneth Evans, Chris Scalf, Terry Scalf and James Lambert; several nieces, nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Young and Rev. Harold Ledford officiating. Special music was presented by the Pleasant Grove Church Choir, Dodie Thomas & Megan O'Donald and member from the Macedonia Church Choir. The following gentleman served as pallbearers, Robert and Randy Tipton, Tommy Husky, Kenny Dehart, Chase Hemphill, and Danny Mejia. Interment followed in the Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in memory of Mrs. Garrett. Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements.
Joyce Aveline Garrett, age 83, Blairsville passed away November 10, 2012 in the Piedmont Hospital due to complications following open heart surgery. Mrs. Garrett was born January. 5, 1929 in Morganton, GA, the daughter of the late Homer Tipton and the late Lydia Ball Tipton.
Joyce had been a resident of Union County for the past thirty five years. Before her retirement she had been employed with Blairsville Manufacturing Company & was a seamstress for over forty years. Joyce was a loving mother, sister, aunt and grandmother who was a selfless, caring, thoughtful, humorous, devoted and generous soul "Gone home to be with her Savior." She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Lee Garrett in 1999. Mrs. Garrett was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving Mrs. Garrett are her daughter and son-in-law Joelle and Brian Kinsey of Hiawassee; stepson and his wife Jimmy and Frances Evans of Quitman, MS; stepdaughter Sharon Evans of Meridian, MS; sister and brother-in-law Gladys and Calvin Lunsford of Suches; brother and sister-in-law Frank and Gwen Tipton of Morganton; grandsons Jacob Davis and Seth Howard Kinsey; step grandsons Robert Evans, Richard Allen, Kenneth Evans, Chris Scalf, Terry Scalf and James Lambert; several nieces, nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Young and Rev. Harold Ledford officiating. Special music was presented by the Pleasant Grove Church Choir, Dodie Thomas & Megan O'Donald and member from the Macedonia Church Choir. The following gentleman served as pallbearers, Robert and Randy Tipton, Tommy Husky, Kenny Dehart, Chase Hemphill, and Danny Mejia. Interment followed in the Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in memory of Mrs. Garrett. Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements.
Joyce had been a resident of Union County for the past thirty five years. Before her retirement she had been employed with Blairsville Manufacturing Company & was a seamstress for over forty years. Joyce was a loving mother, sister, aunt and grandmother who was a selfless, caring, thoughtful, humorous, devoted and generous soul "Gone home to be with her Savior." She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Lee Garrett in 1999. Mrs. Garrett was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving Mrs. Garrett are her daughter and son-in-law Joelle and Brian Kinsey of Hiawassee; stepson and his wife Jimmy and Frances Evans of Quitman, MS; stepdaughter Sharon Evans of Meridian, MS; sister and brother-in-law Gladys and Calvin Lunsford of Suches; brother and sister-in-law Frank and Gwen Tipton of Morganton; grandsons Jacob Davis and Seth Howard Kinsey; step grandsons Robert Evans, Richard Allen, Kenneth Evans, Chris Scalf, Terry Scalf and James Lambert; several nieces, nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Young and Rev. Harold Ledford officiating. Special music was presented by the Pleasant Grove Church Choir, Dodie Thomas & Megan O'Donald and member from the Macedonia Church Choir. The following gentleman served as pallbearers, Robert and Randy Tipton, Tommy Husky, Kenny Dehart, Chase Hemphill, and Danny Mejia. Interment followed in the Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in memory of Mrs. Garrett. Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements.
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There are two memorials for Joyce Garrett. She is buried next to her first husband H. K. Beasley (11319196).
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