Joyce Robertson

Joyce Faye Robertson, 78, passed away on Sat. Jan. 30, 2021 at the Merit Health Central Hospital in Jackson, MS. A graveside service will be held at 1pm on Wed. Feb. 3, 2021 at the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Robertson was born on June 10, 1942 in Shaw, MS to the late Harvey Daniel Seymore and Lillie Crowe Seymore. She was a graduate of Benoit High School. Mrs. Robertson was a vibrant, selfless, strong, caring mother and grandmother. She was known as Mommy to her daughters and Nana to her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs. Robertson loved to read, played piano in several churches, loved to listen to music and talk with her sisters daily who called her “Tincy”. Her vibrant “hip” personality will leave a void in the lives of family, especially in the lives of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She spent most of her life as a homemaker and worked with Rankin County News for 20 years. Mrs. Robertson was a member of McLaurin Heights Baptist Church. She was precious to us all and will be greatly missed.

She is survived by her four daughters, Pam Harper (Eric), Leigh Ware (Bobby), Mona Northcutt and Jennifer Glass (Ed); two sisters, Sandy Morris (Donnie) and Ruth McCollough; five grandchildren, Justin Harper (Jenny), Jordan Martin (Lance), Emilee Townsend (Perry), Dylan Ware, Kaitlyn Glass and three great grandchildren, Caleb Harper, Abby Harper and Eli Harper. Mrs. Robertson is also preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Thomas Leroy Robertson; brother, Sonny Seymore; sister, Elizabeth Durastanti and her son in law, Michael Northcutt.