Visitation:
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at
the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln
Service:
11 a.m. Tuesday, September 24th at the church
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Joyce Jean Smith Pinney, 89, of
Lincoln, went to be with her Lord and Savior on
Thursday, September 12, 2024, at her home,
surrounded by her family and her beloved grand pup
Jack.
A Memorial Service for Joyce will be held on
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at the
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln with Rev. Brian
Wachendorf officiating.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 24,
2024, at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the time
of the service.
Burial will be in Lucas Chapel Cemetery at a later
date. Cremation Rites have been accorded.
Joyce Jean Smith was born on September 26, 1934, in
Lincoln, the 6th of 8 children to Oria Julius Smith,
Sr. and Flo Margurette Arey Smith. She married James
E. Pinney on September 28, 1953. They had four
children. Jim preceded her in death on December 27,
2016.
Joyce worked much of her life in Lincoln as a
bookkeeper/ accountant for many businesses. She
achieved a dream and became a licensed nursing home
administrator in 1988. She was the Administrator at
Bartmann Health Care Center in Atlanta from 1984
until 1996, and the Administrator at Nursing and
Retirement Center until 2000 when she became the CEO
of Moweaqua, Centralia Nursing Center and
Pickneyville Health Care Center. She retired in
August of 2013 to care for her husband. |
Joyce loved the sun, her family, and
her church. She was a member of the Immanuel Church
in Lincoln.
Joyce is survived by children: Debra
Maaks, James (Becky) Pinney, Darla Pinney, and
daughter-in-law Susan Pinney; grandchildren: Brandi
and Brian Maaks, Beth (Jon) Mehn, Amy (Doug)
Messerole, Todd (Ashley) Pinney, Laura (Adam)
Gillespie, Corrie (Dan) Welch, and Jake Pinney;
great-grandchildren: Emily, Mayci, and Madison Maaks,
T.J. Hendrickson and Zac Mehn, Keagan and Adalynn
Messerole, Kolton and Dillon Pinney, and Kennedy and
Rylee Gillespie.
Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, her
husband, and son William E. Pinney; four sisters:
Mary Ellen Bennett, Margurette Smith, Decemma Mae
Armstrong, and Fern Melvene Ellison Turley; and
three brothers: Oria Julis Smith Jr., Jack Arey
Smith, and Donald Dean Smith.
In lieu of flowers Memorials may be made to the
Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley
Funeral Home of Lincoln.
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