Joyce Martin

Joyce Ann Martin, 59, of 523 W. Montgomery St., died Saturday at Upstate Carolina Medical Center.

A Gaffney native, Martin was the daughter of the late Nelson and Juanita Parris. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith, along with being a devoted mother, grandmother and sister.

Martin is survived by four daughters, Donna Robertson, Angela Byars, Crystal Byars and JoAnn Byars, of Gaffney; a son, Randall Martin of Gaffney; two sisters, Kay Harrison of Gaffney and Donna Littlejohn of Spartanburg; six grandchildren, Justin Parris, Devin Hollis, McKayla Byars, Spencer Robertson, Damien Dawkins and Markell Hollis.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Roger Parris.

Funeral services will be held graveside Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Frederick Memorial Gardens with the Revs. Jim McClure and Scott Kierstead officiating. Interment will follow the service.

Pall bearers will be Marshall Hollis, Brad Robertson, Terence Dawkins, Isaac Bridges, Franklin Littlejohn and Randy Martin.

Visitation will be hed from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home at Frederick Memorial Gardens.

The family will be at 410 Browning Road.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Joyce Martin Funeral Fund courtesy of Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home, 986 Chesnee Highway,Gaffney, S.C. 29341.

Arrangements entrusted to Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home at Frederick Memeorial Gardens.