Joyce F. (Sanders) Whitt

Joyce Sanders Whitt, age 88, of Moyock, NC, died at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. Born in Norfolk, VA, on February 27, 1937, to the late Robert Floyd Sanders and Sallie Gilden Sanders.

Joyce was united in marriage to William Lawrence Whitt.  She was a former telemarketer and was an animal lover who enjoyed taking in and caring for stray cats and dogs.  She loved and enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren, great & great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Floyd & Sallie Gilden Sanders; her husband, William Lawrence Whitt; one grandson, Jesse Kissel; a sister, Vivian Mapp (John); and two brothers, Stanley Sanders (Shelby) and Robert Sanders.

Joyce is survived by her daughter, Terry Kissel (Warren); two sons, William L. Whitt, Jr. (Chris) and Timothy Floyd Vance (Garrett); 5 grandchildren, Tammy Foster (Clifford), Amy Clark, Ryanne Everett (Danny), Megan Woodford (Justin), & Alana Kissel; 12 great-grandchildren, Harley Pace (Tina), Dyllon Pace, Jesse Archambo, Jacob Gill (Samantha), Felisha (Tommy), Brian Kissel, Jessica Dupree (Omar), Tina Foster, Levi Woodford (Macey), Ian Everett, Emmerson Everett, and Zoey Everett; and 7 great-great grandchildren, Warren Pace, Silas Pace, Sara Gill, Ellie Gill, August Dupree, Kehlani Dupree, & Baeleigh Dupree.

Joyce will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Funeral service 1 p.m., Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at the Potter Funeral Home, with Bro. Gary Ferguson officiating.  Burial to follow in the Whitt Family Cemetery, Wrigley, KY.  Visitation from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at the funeral home.

Pallbearers:  William Whitt, Jr., Harley Pace, Dyllon Pace, Ian Everett, & Clifford Foster.

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