Gaynelle Fields Joyce

Gaynelle Fields Joyce, 94, passed away early Thursday morning, April 25, 2013, at Hospice Home of Rockingham County in Wentworth, NC.

A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, April 27, at Overlook Mausoleum.

Mrs. Joyce was born August 6, 1918 in Spray, NC, daughter of the late Oscar Wilde Fields and Sallie Miles Fields. She was a graduate of Leaksville High School Class of 1935 and a member of Leaksville Christian Church. Mrs. Joyce was a 25 year volunteer for Morehead Memorial Hospital. She was a retired case worker for Rockingham County Department of Social Services.

She is survived by her sons, James Joyce and wife, Cindy and Carlton Joyce, of Eden; daughter, Robin Helms of Hampstead, NC; four grandchildren, Mitzie Purdy, David Brooks, Allison Overby and Jessica Hatcher; six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Worley Joyce; and four brothers.

The family will receive friends immediately following the service at Overlook Mausoleum and other times at the home of James Joyce, 1125 Simpson Street. Mrs. Joyce will be at Fair Funeral Home Friday afternoon up until the service for anyone cannot make the service on Saturday.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Rockingham County, PO Box 281, Wentworth, NC 27375; or to American Liver Foundation, 39 Broadway, Suite 2700, New York, NY 10006

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com