JOYCE A. THOMPSON

May 13, 1943 – December 29, 2009
TOWNVILLE, SC - Joyce Ann Sasser Thompson, age 66, wife of Wayne Thompson of 107 Sapling Court, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson.
 
Born in Opp, Alabama on May 13, 1943, Mrs. Thompson was a daughter of the late Cody Ray Sasser and Doris Louise Currenton, she retired from Bell South as a customer service representative with twenty years of service.  She was a member of the CWA and Telephone Pioneers.
 
Survivors include her husband of the home; son, Kirk Lawrence Dockery of Williamston; daughter, Katherine Denise Caldwell of Townville; brother, Bruce L. Sasser and his wife, Jewell of Mobile, AL; sister, Jenny Starrett of Panama City, FL; seven grandchildren, Nicki Snay, Mary Roe, Justin Caldwell, Leah Dockery, Kirk Dockery, Austin Dockery and Courtney Thompson and one great-granddaughter, Georgia Faye Roe.
 
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a daughter, Sequila Ann Lynn and her grandmother, who raised her, Ethel Louise Bussey.
 
A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 3:00 pm in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home officiated by the Reverend Steve Lomax.  Inurnment of her ashes will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30 pm until 2:30 pm. The family will be at the residence.
 
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The McDougald Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.