Joyce Whitaker Jones

Mrs. Joyce Whitaker-Jones was born on May 30, 1950, in Clinton, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Reverend Johnnie R. Whitaker and Mrs. Willie Mae Whitaker. She departed this life on November 5, 2020, at her home.  Joyce was a 1968 graduate of C.A. Johnson High School.  After graduation, she attended Winthrop University and later transferred to Memphis State University where she obtained her bachelor's and master's degree in education. After graduation, she worked in the Shelby Public School System and Richland School District One for a combined twenty-eight years. She was committed to enriching the lives of disadvantaged children and touched the lives of many students through her personal sacrifices to provide for her students and her tireless teaching.  

Joyce was baptized at an early age and became the church musician for various churches that were pastored by her father. She loved to sing and serve the Lord. In her adult
years she became a member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Mayesville, South Carolina where she served in various capacities, including serving as an elder in the
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Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Bernard Whitaker and her loving husband Reverend Stanley W. Jones, I.  

She is left to cherish her memory one son Mr. Stanley W.Jones, II (Seqouyiea); four brothers, Mr. Raymond Whitaker (Diane), Mr. Paul Whitaker, Mr. David Whitaker (Marion) and Mr. Russell Whitaker and a host of nieces and nephews, all of whom will miss her dearly

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