1937
Joy
2017
Joy Eugenia Antinori
June 15, 1937 — April 9, 2017
Joy Hopkins Antinori age 79, of Hawthorne, California went home to be with her Lord and Savior after a short illness on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance, California. Funeral Visitation services for Joy E. Antinori will be held on Monday, April 17, 2017 from 5:00 until 8:00 PM at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS and Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Tallulah, LA with her son, Rev. Marty Wilson officiating.
Joy was born on June 15, 1937 in Madison Parish, LA on the Clay Plantation close to Tallulah. Though she spent her early years in Chululu and then Tallulah, she was widely-traveled working in the jewelry business. She eventually settled in Los Angeles, CA and spent the majority of her time working in the entertainment industry. Joy was a talented singer and she loved to travel and working was one of her passions. She had a way of loving people like no one else because she had a way of looking past people's exterior and finding the good in them. She was a loving, caring daughter, aunt, sister, mother, grandmother, and person. People from all walks of life loved her and she loved them. She was a strong self-made woman, yet gentle and kind. There was no one else like her-- a one of a kind. Joy was a great encourager and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Felix Irving "Toad" and Martha Louise Hudson Hopkins; two infant sons, Paul Thomas Wilson and Robert William Wilson.
Joy is survived by her two sons, Herbert Milton "Herb" (Tracy) Wilson, Jr. and Felix Martin "Marty" (Debbie) Wilson; her two grandchildren; Herbert Milton Wilson III and Alicia Bridget Wilson; by her two brothers, Felix Irving (Shirley) Hopkins Jr. and Richard Melvin Hopkins; her two sisters; Virginia Lynell (Gene) Laird and Anita Kayren (Curtis) Brown; many nieces, nephews, cousins, a host of beloved family members and friends.
Serving as pallbearers were John Hopkins, Chuck Wilson, Ronnie Hopkins, Mitch Hopkins, Wayne Burrell, Larry Sell.
Donations can be made the American Cancer Society in honor Joy Hopkins Antinori by their website.
Joy was born on June 15, 1937 in Madison Parish, LA on the Clay Plantation close to Tallulah. Though she spent her early years in Chululu and then Tallulah, she was widely-traveled working in the jewelry business. She eventually settled in Los Angeles, CA and spent the majority of her time working in the entertainment industry. Joy was a talented singer and she loved to travel and working was one of her passions. She had a way of loving people like no one else because she had a way of looking past people's exterior and finding the good in them. She was a loving, caring daughter, aunt, sister, mother, grandmother, and person. People from all walks of life loved her and she loved them. She was a strong self-made woman, yet gentle and kind. There was no one else like her-- a one of a kind. Joy was a great encourager and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Felix Irving "Toad" and Martha Louise Hudson Hopkins; two infant sons, Paul Thomas Wilson and Robert William Wilson.
Joy is survived by her two sons, Herbert Milton "Herb" (Tracy) Wilson, Jr. and Felix Martin "Marty" (Debbie) Wilson; her two grandchildren; Herbert Milton Wilson III and Alicia Bridget Wilson; by her two brothers, Felix Irving (Shirley) Hopkins Jr. and Richard Melvin Hopkins; her two sisters; Virginia Lynell (Gene) Laird and Anita Kayren (Curtis) Brown; many nieces, nephews, cousins, a host of beloved family members and friends.
Serving as pallbearers were John Hopkins, Chuck Wilson, Ronnie Hopkins, Mitch Hopkins, Wayne Burrell, Larry Sell.
Donations can be made the American Cancer Society in honor Joy Hopkins Antinori by their website.
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