Joyce Mattox Anderson, 85, of Marietta, passed away Monday, February 5, 2024, at her home, after a long illness. Her family and her dog, Lucy, were by her side.
Born in Alma March 7, 1938, she went to the Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Springs at the age of 8. After graduating from high school in 1958, she moved to Atlanta, where she met her husband, James Anderson. They were married Dec. 31, 1959, at the Beulah Baptist Church near Blackshear and they were married for 64 loving years.
She enjoyed fellowship with her many friends and had been a member of a deaf chapter of the Red Hatters Society. She loved to laugh and her laugh was infectious. To know her was to love her. She was a dedicated sports fan, especially of the Atlanta Braves. She never missed watching a Braves game except on rare occasions and cheered them on loudly from her living room. She celebrated every win and felt every loss.
She loved her family over all else. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sands Stanley and Cleo Henderson Mattox; two brothers, Tracy “Oats” Mattox and Ricky Mattox; two sisters, Latrell Judkins and Georgia Grace Altman and her grandson, James Dylan Anderson.
She is survived, loved and missed by her husband, James E. Anderson; her two children, Mona Anderson Myer, Marietta and Jim (Terry) Anderson, Powder Springs; two granddaughters, Halie Myer (fiance, James Ray), Hiram and Lexus (Mitch) Blackmon, Powder Springs; two brothers, Troy (Sue) Mattox and Shelby (Gail) Mattox, both of Blackshear; two sisters, Vickie Brigman, Blackshear and Clovis (Gene) Simmons, Clinton, SC; her brother-in-law, Charlie (Maria) Anderson, Hoschton; her sister-in-law, Barbara Anderson, Dallas; her brother-in-law, Doug Judkins, Jacksonville, FL; her cousin, Charlene (Simmie) Slay, Lafayette, AL; her best friends of over 70 years, Sandra Dukes, Smyrna and Clarene Brooks, Frederick, MD and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and life-long friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, from the Crusselle-Freeman Church for the Deaf in Atlanta.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made in her name to the Crusselle-Freeman Church of the Deaf, 1304 Allene Avenue SW, Atlanta, GA 30310.
Arrangements have been entrusted to F.L. Sims Funeral Home, 2201 South Cobb Drive SE, Smyrna, GA 30080.
