Ms. Joyce E. Dixon

Joyce Dixon was born on July 16, 1944 in Williamston, North Carolina to Lucy and Grover Dixon who both preceded her in death. She departed this life on Saturday, April- 26th at Martin General Hospital. Joyce was educated in the Martin County School system in North Carolina. She moved to New York in the sixties and was employed by the Marriot Hotel as well as several food processing companies, returning to Williamston in 2002. Joyce accepted Christ at an early age, rededicating her life to Christ in 1986, she became a member of Healing From Heaven Ministries in New York City under the leadership of Pastor Leo Stallworth. There she was a member of the Adult Choir. After relocating to Williamston, she became a member of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ under Pastor Samuel Blount. Joyce served her final years as a member and Church Mother at Higher Grounds Ministries under the leadership of Rev. Peggy Dixon Jamison. She was a faithful and hard-working member until her health declined. Through her many health challenges, she held on to her faith and was always eager to hear a Word from the Lord. As a breast cancer survivor, a dialysis patient, and a double amputee, Joyce never gave up on life or on her God. She showed us all how to take life's challenges in stride. Joyce loved cooking, never liking to cook a little of anything. For her it always had to be a big pot and it had to be well seasoned. After she was unable to prepare her own foods, the family still catered to her desires and someone was always taking her a "good" plate of food or her favorite snacks. They knew she would refuse to eat what she called "plain food" -no matter how nutritious it was. Joyce was preceded in death by her daughter, Emma Mae Smith; brothers, Elton, James, Larry, George. She leaves to cherish her memories a daughter, Vernita Price of Greenville ,NC; three sons, Elton Dixon (Keisha) and Terrence Weldon (Dorine) of Williamston, NC, Kinte Weldon of Washington, NC; four sisters, Loretta Dixon, Frances Lawton, Dorothy Rawls and Rev. Peggy Dixon Jamison; two brothers, McKinley and Anthony Dixon; grandchildren, great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, brothers and sisters in Christ. Joyce was loved by all and will be greatly missed. She fought a good fight and now God has called her home to rest from her labor.

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Ms. Joyce E. Dixon

July 16, 1946 - April 26, 2014