Joyce Marie Ditsworth Terrell (83) passed away on August 1, 2024.
Joyce was born on December 3, 1940 to Everitt Oscar Ditsworth and Linnie Lucille Pierce in Plymouth, NC. She met her husband and built their Diboll home in 1965 where they raised their children and provided shelter and love to various family members over the years.
She found joy in tending to her rose garden, goldfish pond, and growing beautiful plants for everyone to enjoy. She loved baking and cooking for her family and friends, creating memorable meals that brought people together. Joyce enjoyed crafting, sewing, gardening, quilting, reading, shopping, singing, playing dominoes, camping, fishing, and making countless memories with those she loved. She was a retired beautician and served 17 years in Diboll ISD cafeterias.
She took an active role in the lives of her children and grandchildren, sharing God’s love, teaching patience and humility, life skills like cooking, sewing, gardening, and how to care for others. She was an active member at Jubilee Baptist Church and raised her children in the Christian faith instilling the importance of God and family in their daily lives. She shared her love of music and the Gospel by playing the piano, her mandolin, and singing specials enriching the lives of all who would listen.
Joyce is survived by her children Jerry Terrell, Richard Terrell, Angela Bolin and husband Brent, Melissa Mettlen and husband Dan; grandchildren, Kristy Hardee, Jerry “JT” Terrell, Wendy Dallas, Kassey Bolin, Jonathan Bolin, Hollie Cole, Ashlee Cole, and Kayli Cole; sisters and brother-in-law Margaret Bridges and Augusta and Taylor Brewer; and 16 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward Earl Terrell; parents Everitt Oscar Ditsworth and Linnie Lucille Pierce; brothers Edgar William Ditsworth Sr. and Oscar E. “Buck” Ditsworth.
Services will be held at Jubilee Baptist Church in Diboll, TX on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 11am. Visitation will precede the ceremony from 10am-11am. A graveside service will follow at Ryan Chapel Cemetery in Diboll.
Snead Linton Funeral Home; directors.
