Notes for Jean Melvin Joy




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Notes for Jean Melvin Joy

Florine Love and Jean M. Joy bought their property from William Cole
"Mack" Wingate on 17 June 1954.

The Charlotte Observer
Posted at 3:31 A.M. EDT Friday, May 23, 1997
Mr. Jean Melvin Joy, 80, of Paw Creek died Wednesday, May 21, 1997,
at Carolinas Medical Center following an automobile accident.
Funeral service will be 11 A.M. Saturday, May 24, 1997, at Hankins &
Whittington Chapel. Officiating will be Dr. John Earl, II. Interment
will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 7-8:30 P.M. Friday at
Hankins & Whittington.
Mr. Joy was born June 20, 1916, in Mount Holly, NC. He was educated at
Berryhill and Paw Creek Schools. He was a lifetime member of Paw Creek
Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member of Long Creek Masonic Lodge 205.
He was son of the late Oscar Franklin and Iva Roseman Joy. Mr. Joy
served in the U.S. Army during WWII, and was stationed in the South
Pacific. Upon his return home, he worked as a carpenter for Ervin
Construction Co. A short time later, he went to work for Crown Petroleum
Corp. in Paw Creek, where he retired after many years as a loading clerk.
Mr. Joy is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florine Love Joy; his daughter,
Donna Johnson and husband, Harry, of Charlotte; son, Douglas M. Joy of
Charlotte; three grandchildren, Holly Johnson, Lauren Johnson and Andrew
Johnson of Charlotte; sisters, May Joy Midgett, Ruth Joy Weaver and Doris
Joy Sisk, all of Charlotte; and brothers, Oscar Joy of Ocean Isle, NC,
Billy Joy, Charles Joy and Donald Joy, all of Charlotte.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, William Torrence Joy, Loyd
Bayne Joy, James Frank Joy, and sisters, Laura Joy Outz and Helen Joy
Reames.
Memorials may be made to Veterans of Foreign Wars, PO Box 63, Paw
Creek 28130. Hankins & Whittington is serving the family.

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