Joyce Meryl Joyner

Born in the District of Columbia on June 18, 1949, Joyce Meryl Joyner, daughter, sister, aunt, mother and grandmother passed away on Friday, October 21, 2022 in Wilmington, DE. She was 73 years old and lived in La Plata, MD.

Joyce was born to Herman Earl Joyner and Mary Elizabeth Joyner on Saturday, June 18, 1949. She was the fourth of eight children.

She is survived by her mother Mary E. Joyner; two daughters, both with Carter R. Jones, Christie and Cheree Jones, and her granddaughter, Chanel Watson; sisters Frances Washington, Theresa Wilson, Madeline Burns, Malinda Richmond and Sherri Joyner, and her brother Herman Earl Joyner as well as a host of nieces (4), nephews (6), great nieces (12) and great nephews (9), great-great nieces (11) and great-great nephews (12) and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father, Herman Joyner; sister, Elizabeth Ashby Holmes; nephew Jason Earl Joyner; great nieces Nicole Shannel Holmes and Ciara Monei Williams, and great nephew Darron Holmes II.

She attended public schools in Washington, DC, and graduated from McKinley Technology High School.

Upon graduation, she began to work at the United States Post Office. She began as a mail carrier, then moved to clerk. At the time of her retirement, she was a shop steward.

She retired in 2004 after working 37 years with the USPS. Upon her retirement, she rediscovered her love of reading. She mainly loved to read mystery books, either real books or audiobooks.

She also loved going to the movies to watch action adventure movies, going to Wildwood, NJ, cruising, bingo, sleeping, and fixing anything.

If Joyce lived in your neighborhood, you knew her! To some kids she was the mean old lady, to others, she was the lady who had all of the games. You would always find her working in her yard (or working in a neighbor's yard because "obviously they needed help"), rocking on her porch birdwatching after she filled up all of her birdfeeders, or feeding all of the animals in the neighborhood. She was known the most as the "lady with all of the cars." Joyce loved fixing cars, her cars, your car, their car, and anybody's car! After she figured out what was wrong with it and how to fix it, she would stand over you and tell you what to do.

Joyce’s absolute favorite person in the world was her one and only granddaughter, Chanel. She loved spending time, money, and more money, with Chanel. They had a very special relationship.