0SHARESShareTweetEvelyn Joyce Owens Obituary, Death – Evelyn Joyce Owens, 17 July 1930 – 9 November 2023, On Thursday, November 9, 2023, at her home in Stokesdale, North Carolina, Joyce Evelyn Owens, 93, departed from this life. Elder Greg Stewart will preside over the funeral services on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at 3:00 PM at Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA. Parkhill Cemetery will host a private burial to end. Two hours before the service, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, the family will receive friends at the funeral home.
In Webster County, Georgia, on July 17, 1930, Joyce was born into the loving arms of Robert Harvey Goodwin and Emma Ruth Snipes Goodwin. She belonged to the Latter Day Saints, a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ. Joyce and her husband Charles owned Owens and Taunton Professional Pest Control, where Joyce worked as the office manager and bookkeeper. Following the sale of the business, they both retired and took pleasure in taking their RV on road trips across America.
Joyce was always the ideal hostess and a fantastic chef. Reading and watching game shows were two of her favorite pastimes. She also loved to listen to Perry Como and Dean Martin, two of her favorite “crooners.” Joyce undoubtedly had a great deal of love and care for her family. Her great-grandchildren and grandchildren brought her the most happiness. Joyce was predeceased by her parents, in addition to her spouse Charles E. Owens, Sr., daughter Karen Joyce Besterman.
Sisters Sibyl and Clara Emogene “Gene” Wells, and a number of aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. Son Charles E. Owens, Jr., daughters Sherry Petty of Stokesdale, NC, and Kim Lewis of Columbus, GA, as well as 27 grandchildren and a large number of great-grandchildren are among the survivors. Donations to St. Jude Children’s Hospital can be sent online at www.stjude.org in honor of Joyce in place of flowers. To send condolences via the internet, go to www.vancebrooksfuneralhome.net.
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