Joyce Hedden Parham
December 2, 1948 ~ June 8, 2004
Resided in:
Leicester, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Joyce Hedden Parham, 55, of 56 Sandy River Road, Leicester, died Tuesday, June 8, 2004, in an Asheville hospital.
Mrs. Parham was born in Cherokee County and was a daughter of the late Bill and Pauline Day Hedden. She was a restauranteur and was formerly associated with the L&M Cafe and Erwin Hills Restaurant. She was a member of Georgetown Baptist Church.
Joyce loved fishing, camping and working in her flower garden. You could often find her sitting on her back porch enjoying the outdoors. But her greatest joy was singing gospel music and playing her guitar throughout different churches in Western North Carolina. She had a beautiful voice.
She is survived by her husband, Harold Parham; one daughter, Angela Hawkins and her husband Roger of Leicester; one step-son, James Parham and his wife Sandra; five grandchildren, Andrew, Rachel and Abi Hawkins and Isaac and Samuel Parham; a brother, Jimmy Hedden and his wife Suzy of Leicester; a niece Vanessa Hedden and two nephews Matt and Caleb Hedden.
A funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Roy McPeters and Joe Honeycutt officiating. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Alexander.
Her family will receive friends from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue and at other times will be at the home of the daughter, 66 Old Turkey Creek Road, Leicester.
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Your family are in our thoughts and prayers. May God keep His hands around each one of you.
Mike, Teresa, Ashley, and Chris Hensley
We are grateful to have known Joyce and will always remember the beauty of her smile and her kindness towards others. Our hearts are filled with sorrow for those of you who loved her so. We will be lifting you up in our prayers.
I beleive Joyce is know singing with the angels.Sorry we can not be with the family in there time of sorrow.Our prayers are with you. Mike and Judy
We loved Joyce very much. I always loved to hear her sing. She always put her whole heart into her music.
We will miss her.
Harold , I was so shocked when we got the call that Joyce had passed away…..I had truly come to love Joyce in the past couple of years…I will really miss my PC buddy……you and all the family will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers……
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ANGIE AND JIMMY I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LOSE OF YOUR MOTHER, SHE WAS A DEAR PERSON TO ME AND I’M SURE OTHERS, SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME AS A FRIEND AND MANY TIMES CONFIDANT, SHE ALWAYS KNEW THE RIGHT WORDS AND HAD THE PERFECT SHOULDER, SHE WILL BE MISSED, TO THE PARHAM FAMILY I EXTEND MY HEART, YOU HAVE HAD A GREAT LOSE ALSO, MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND ALWAYS KNOW THAT JOYCE HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AS WELL AS YOURS……..SHE WAS LOVED….CAROLYN,DAVID,JUSTIN AND SAMMY
We were so sorry to hear about Joyce please let us know if we can do anything to help. Sincerely Dan Sluder & Sandra Parham
Angie,
I am so sorry we can’t be there for you but you and your family are in our Prayers. We Love you all and Pray that God will see you through this time and the days ahead.
Dean, Sharon,& Nick
Dear Family,
I just want all of you to know how much I liked Joyce. She was always so nice to me and a wonderful Mammaw to our grandsons, Issac and Samuel and a good friend to my daughter Sandra.
I pray that God’s Grace will be with you through this difficult time.
Love and Prayers,
Katy
We apologize we did not get to the visitation or funeral, but we did not know in time. We’re so sorry for your loss, we loved Joyce dearly and she was such a blessing to us when she sang. We send our smpathy and you’re in our prayers. We will miss her too. We love you all.
Mike, Bev & Melissa Barrett
My prayers are with you Angie and the rest of the family.
May God comfort you at this troubled time.
Angie, I am so sorry that I wasn’t there for you during the funeral. I loved your mom so much. She was such a big part of my fondest memories of my teenage years. She was always fun to be around, always smiling. I loved to listen to her sing. The world will never be the same without her here. But thank the Lord that we KNOW that someday we will be with her again. I know words cannot heal your grief, but just know that I love you and call me when you need a good ear, or I will be there for a shoulder if you need that too. With love, Maria
We are praying for you all,
Love Scott, Kim, Chris & Katy
Mrs. Joyce has always been really special to me. I’ll never forget singing with her in the old Georgetown building when I was barely old enough to talk and those softball games we used to have at Newfound community center. Harold and Angie–I’m praying that God will give you comfort during this hard time.