Joyce Jeannette Holloman Turner (Joyce), native of Ahoskie, North Carolina, was born on October 28, 1935, to the late Clarence and Cleo Holloman.Joyce departed this life to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 She was the second of five children. She was a woman who quietly and intently loved God and her family throughout her entire life. Joyce gave her life to Christ at an early age and faithfully served in the Church of God in Christ for more than 50 years. In her later years, she was a faithful member of New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ until her declining health hindered her attendance.

Joyce was married to the love of her life, Clyde Turner, for more than 68 years, and they were blessed with five children. Joyce enjoyed spending time with her husband, children, siblings and friends. She loved traveling, shopping, touring model homes, and attending family events. Joyce often talked about the lessons she learned from her parents. They taught her the value of loving God, family and others and those were lessons that she practiced and instilled in her family daily.

Beyond her accomplishments, roles, and the many hats she wore, Joyce was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, and she would want to be simply remembered as a kind woman who loved God and others.

Joyce departed this life to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. She will be sorely missed, but we know to be “absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8)