Joyce Whitfield Cherry, 62, resident of Garner's Chapel community near Mount Olive, died Thursday night, Dec. 31, at Memorial Hospital at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A farmer's daughter and wife, she had been employed at Jan-Mark and Young Squire sewing factories, and in the cafeteria, both at North Duplin School and Mount Olive College. She also had been a school bus driver, and had assisted in the operation of the family farm. She was a member of Garner's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
Joyce was the daughter of the late James E. and Callie Mae Vernon Whitfield. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Lee Cherry; three daughters, Michelle Cherry Edwards and husband, George; Donna Cherry; and Kaye Cherry Harris and husband, Matt; three grandchildren, Faith and Andrew Harris, and Michael Wayne Edwards; and two sisters, Ann Whitfield and Grace Whitfield Carter and husband Rob.
Funeral will be Sunday, Jan. 3 at 3 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home officiated by the Rev. Paul Rose and the Rev. Dennis Guy. Burial will follow in the Whitfield Family Cemetery on the family farm. Visitation will be at the funeral home during the hour before the service. At other times, friends may call at the residence of Michelle and George Edwards, 302 Janice Drive, Dudley, NC
A farmer's daughter and wife, she had been employed at Jan-Mark and Young Squire sewing factories, and in the cafeteria, both at North Duplin School and Mount Olive College. She also had been a school bus driver, and had assisted in the operation of the family farm. She was a member of Garner's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
Joyce was the daughter of the late James E. and Callie Mae Vernon Whitfield. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Lee Cherry; three daughters, Michelle Cherry Edwards and husband, George; Donna Cherry; and Kaye Cherry Harris and husband, Matt; three grandchildren, Faith and Andrew Harris, and Michael Wayne Edwards; and two sisters, Ann Whitfield and Grace Whitfield Carter and husband Rob.
Funeral will be Sunday, Jan. 3 at 3 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home officiated by the Rev. Paul Rose and the Rev. Dennis Guy. Burial will follow in the Whitfield Family Cemetery on the family farm. Visitation will be at the funeral home during the hour before the service. At other times, friends may call at the residence of Michelle and George Edwards, 302 Janice Drive, Dudley, NC
Joyce Whitfield Cherry, 62, resident of Garner's Chapel community near Mount Olive, died Thursday night, Dec. 31, at Memorial Hospital at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A farmer's daughter and wife, she had been employed at Jan-Mark and Young Squire sewing factories, and in the cafeteria, both at North Duplin School and Mount Olive College. She also had been a school bus driver, and had assisted in the operation of the family farm. She was a member of Garner's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
Joyce was the daughter of the late James E. and Callie Mae Vernon Whitfield. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Lee Cherry; three daughters, Michelle Cherry Edwards and husband, George; Donna Cherry; and Kaye Cherry Harris and husband, Matt; three grandchildren, Faith and Andrew Harris, and Michael Wayne Edwards; and two sisters, Ann Whitfield and Grace Whitfield Carter and husband Rob.
Funeral will be Sunday, Jan. 3 at 3 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home officiated by the Rev. Paul Rose and the Rev. Dennis Guy. Burial will follow in the Whitfield Family Cemetery on the family farm. Visitation will be at the funeral home during the hour before the service. At other times, friends may call at the residence of Michelle and George Edwards, 302 Janice Drive, Dudley, NC
A farmer's daughter and wife, she had been employed at Jan-Mark and Young Squire sewing factories, and in the cafeteria, both at North Duplin School and Mount Olive College. She also had been a school bus driver, and had assisted in the operation of the family farm. She was a member of Garner's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
Joyce was the daughter of the late James E. and Callie Mae Vernon Whitfield. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Lee Cherry; three daughters, Michelle Cherry Edwards and husband, George; Donna Cherry; and Kaye Cherry Harris and husband, Matt; three grandchildren, Faith and Andrew Harris, and Michael Wayne Edwards; and two sisters, Ann Whitfield and Grace Whitfield Carter and husband Rob.
Funeral will be Sunday, Jan. 3 at 3 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home officiated by the Rev. Paul Rose and the Rev. Dennis Guy. Burial will follow in the Whitfield Family Cemetery on the family farm. Visitation will be at the funeral home during the hour before the service. At other times, friends may call at the residence of Michelle and George Edwards, 302 Janice Drive, Dudley, NC
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