Mrs. Sally Joyce “Gray” Lyle, age 84, died on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at her daughter’s residence in Brandon, MS. Funeral service were held on Monday, June 13, 2016, 11:00 am at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with Rev. Chris Cumbest presiding. Visitation service was held at 9:00 am until 11:00 am at the Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon with interment at the Morton Memorial Gardens in Morton, MS.
Mrs. Joyce Lyle was born on October, 21, 1931 to her parents Fred Washington “Papa” and Hannah Leona “Kennedy” Gray in Cohay Camp of Smith County. Joyce loved taking care of all her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They were her life and she loved them all. She loved eating Wednesday lunch with the minister and enjoyed her Pioneer Sunday School immensely. She also loved her friends and family very much. Joyce and her husband Carlton lived in Morton for over forty years before she moved to Brandon.
Joyce is preceded in death by her parents Fred and Hannah Gray; her husband John Carlton; five sisters and two brothers.
She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Lyle (Larry-deceased) Creel of Brandon, MS; her sons, Tommy Gray (Elizabeth) Lyle of Jackson, MS and Bob (Dana) Lyle of Pearl, MS; her grandchildren, Amy Creel, Adam Creel, Karen Lyle, Marion Lyle Morrison, Allen Lyle, Courtney Lyle Sanders and Erin Lyle Alford; her great-grandchildren, Lyle Sanders, Liam Alford and Samuel Bisschop.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Crossgates Children’s Center Fund at the Crossgates United Methodist Church, 23 Crossgates Dr. Brandon, MS 39042.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.