November 26, 2024, 84, Mount Olive —

Joyce White Jones, age 84, resident of the College Heights subdivision, Mount Olive, passed away Tuesday evening, November 26, 2024, at the home of her granddaughter in Chapel Hill.

Joyce had been employed as an inspector at duPont Co. in Kinston before her retirement.

“Granny J,” as she was called by her grandchildren, is survived by granddaughter, Jordan Jones Dempsey and husband, Michael Dempsey, and their little princess, Miller Dempsey, all of Chapel Hill; another granddaughter, Logan Jones of Wallace; special nieces, Glenda Wells and husband, Ronnie, of Rosewood, and their families, Susie Lawhorn and husband, Johnny, of Grantham, and their families; several cousins; and several other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her son, Ricky James Jones; her husband, James Edgar Jones; her parents, Willis and Grace Richardson White; her four siblings, Bobby, Jackie, Rudy, and Nancy; and two nieces, Donna Jean Stafford and Brenda Jones Jordan.

Joyce’s life will be remembered in a graveside service on Tuesday, December 3, at 2:00 p.m. in Maplewood Cemetery in Mount Olive.