Obituary from "The Charlotte Observer," published Thursday, March 19, 1992
Ida Joy, Secretary
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mrs. Ida Fortner Joy, 72, of 501 Monroe Ave. died March
17, 1992, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m. Saturday at First Wesleyan Church,
where she was a member. The Revs. Mark Bardsley and John Harris will
officiate.
Burial is in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at
Harris Funeral Home.
Mrs. Joy, a retired secretary of the Merchants Association and Chamber of
Commerce, was born in Taylorsville, daughter of the late Dempsey and Anna
Martha Fortner and the widow of Luther Joy.
Survivors are her sons, Leslie Joy of Marietta, Ga., Gary Joy; brothers,
Donald Fortner of Charlotte, Dempsey Fortner of Cramerton; sisters, Pansy
Cashion of Charlotte, Mrs. Mary Hook of Bessemer City; two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cleveland County, 201 W. Marion St.,
Shelby, N.C. 28150.