Joyce M ae Timmon s Thomas , d a u g h ter and fo ur t h c hild o f th e l ate J ose ph a nd El ea n o r Ti m m o n s was b or n Jul y 25, 1939 in B a l t im o r e Ma r y l a nd . On Mon d ay Nove mb er 21, 2016 with h er f a m i l y a t h e r bedside J e h o v a h p e ac e f ull y c losed her e ye s a nd l a id h er t o r e s t.

Jo y c e wa s e du ca t e d in Baltimor e Cit y Publi c S c h o ol S y stem. On F e bru a r y 18,1955, sh e was unit e d in H o l y Ma trim o n y to th e l a t e Ma hl on Co lumbus Thom as, Sr . ( Moon ) f r o m thi s lo v i ng uni o n s i xtee n c hildr e n we r e b or n . Ma hl on Colu mbu s, Jr. M e l vi n Co lumbu s , Gilb e rt , C a rolin e Ann , T o ndi a Ell e n , T o n Jul i u s, Ri cke y Elm er , T o r o e s Da v i d , Sa m antha N i e n a, Zeni a Niena, D e l o r e s , P ier r e R ex f o rd , M a r l o n Nea l , Ti t u s Se th, M al ac hi D o nt a i , J o y ce S h e ll y.

J o y ce was a ph e n o m e n a l wo m a n wi th a l i ve l y, j o y fu l e n e r ge ti c p e r so n a li t y wi th a wa rm and r ea d y s m i l e w h o l ove d b e in g t h e l i f e of th e part y an d a pr ac ti cal j o k er . S h e was a l ways l a u g hi ng a n d p eo pl e l o v e d b e in g in h er com p a n y . Sh e was a b ea u t iful wo m an w h o kep t up with th e l a t es t f a shions and took prid e in l oo ki ng go od .

J oyce o r "Mo m " as sh e was a ff ec ti o n a t e l y ca ll e d wa s known was a " J a n e " o f a ll tr a de s, sh e c o uld r e uph o l s t e r furniture and turn a p o l e in to a l a mp . She w a s al so a g if te d coo k a nd l ove d to b e i n t h e kit c h e n m a kin g h e r f a m o u s p o t a t o sa l a d , s w e e t p o tat o pi es , ch i c k e n c r o q ue tt es a nd a m a z in g p o t of s t ew f o r f a mil y and fri en d s. In a dditi o n t o ra i s i ng h e r l arge f a mil y of c hildr en a nd g ra n d- c hildren sh e w illin g o p e n e d h er h e art a n d h o m e an d r a i se d o th e r c hildr e n as we ll . J oyce had a s econ d c a r ee r as a t r a in e d G e ri a t r i c N u rsing Ass i s t an t .

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