Joyce St. John

Published 9:40 am Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Mrs. Joyce St. John, age 81 of Gladys, died December 12, 2018 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Nathan Bullock and Mrs. Kattie Bullock.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James St. John, a son, Johnnie St. John, two grandsons, Troy Hill and Jonathan St. John, and a brother, William Bullock.

She is survived by one son, William St. John of the home; seven daughters, Joyce St. John of Richmond, Linda St. John, Phyllis Jackson, Ruby Burford (Wayne), Mattie St. John, and Barbara St. John (Bennie), all of Gladys, and Maxine Lewis (Anthony) of Brookneal; two step-daughters, Eleanor Elliott (Hansy) of Concord and Hazel Broggin of Lynchburg; twenty-eight grandchildren; fifty great grandchildren; and eleven great-great grandchildren; two brothers, Frank Bullock of North Carolina and Bernell Bullock of South Carolina; one sister, Annie Evans of North Carolina; five devoted friends, Sissy Burns of Concord, Terry Bradley of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Kay Bradley, Mack Skates, and Charles Younger, all of Gladys; and a host of relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held on Monday, December 17, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Jeffress Funeral Home Chapel in Brookneal with interment at Mt. Zion Baptist Church cemetery in Red House. Condolences may be expressed at www.JeffressFuneralHome.com. Arrangements were by Jeffress Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Brookneal.