Joyce Ann (Johnson) Johnston of Lawrenceburg, Tennesse, a native of Siler City, passed away at St. Thomas, Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, after an extended illness.
Joyce was born May 31, 1943, in Siler City, N.C. She graduated from Jordan-Matthews High School in Siler City in 1961. After high school, she joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed at the U.S. Naval Photographic Interpretation Center in Suitland, Maryland, from 1961 to 1965. There she met and married James L. “Buzzy” Johnston of Lawrenceburg. After serving four years in the Navy, she was employed as a long-distance operator with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Washington, D.C. In 1973, she moved with her husband to Lawrenceburg. There she was employed for several years as an assistant manager at Kmart.
Joyce was preceded in death by her father, Fred Walsie Johnson and mother, Alene Louise (Lopossay) Johnson of Siler City, infant sister, Edna Earlene Johnson, sister, Mary Margaret Johnson, two brothers, Robert and James Johnson, all of Siler City.
Joyce is survived by one daughter, Margaret Louise (Marty) Johnston of Lawrenceburg; two sons, Joseph (Joey) Johnston of Nashville and David Johnston (Jessica); granddaughter, Bailey-Ann Johnston, granddaughter, Brianna Edwards and grandson, Bryce Edwards, all of Murfreesboro; and several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were handled by Neal Funeral Home, 231 N. Military Avenue, Lawrenceburg, Tennesse.
The family received friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 2021, at Neal Funeral Home, with funeral services following at 1 p.m. with Marty Frakes officiating.
Interment followed at Lawrence County Memorial Gardens in Lawrenceburg, with full military honors.
Condolences may be sent by way of the website www.nealfuneralhome.net.