Joyce King Bryant

Ocean Isle Beach, NC-

Joyce King Bryant, 80, died Thursday, July 6, 2017, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Joyce was born, October 30, 1936, in Roanoke Rapids to the late Eugene Little and Katie Clary King. She loved being near the water having lived at the lake, river and at the beach. She especially loved cooking for and entertaining her family and friends. You could often find her cruising around on her golf cart down at Ocean Isle.

Surviving are her life partner, Joseph Joe Floyd of Ocean Isle Beach, NC; son, Rip Bryant of Roanoke Rapids, NC; daughter, Debbie Bryant Wheeler and husband, Eddie, of Greenville, NC; sister, Jeanette Bizzelle of Roanoke Rapids, NC; grandchildren, Michael Chase Bryant, LeAnna Mead and Christopher Wheeler; great-grandchildren, Nathan Mead, Parker Mead, and Everett Wheeler. Also surviving are two nieces, Susan Schlacter and Sharon Welsh.

Rev. Randy Martin will conduct funeral services in the chapel at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service Monday, July 10, 2017, at 4:00 pm. The family will receive friends at the funeral home prior to the service beginning at 2:00 pm and all other times at her sisters home, 1108 Ohio St., Roanoke Rapids, NC. The family will have a private entombment at a later date.