Funeral services for Joy Grice Little, of Winona, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Moore Memorial Methodist Church in Winona, with burial following in Oakwood Cemetery in Winona. Services will be officiated by Rev. Chad Bowen, assisted by Rev. Neville Vanderburg. The pallbearers will be Steven Lowery, Josh Lowery, Brody Lowery, Ben Pinkard, Jeff McDonald, and Chris Herring.
Visitation will be Saturday, Jan. 20 from 1 p.m. until service time in the Family Life Center of Moore Memorial Methodist Church in Winona.
Joy Grice Little passed away at her residence in Winona on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. She was born on May 27, 1934, in Poplar Creek to Victor Dewayne and Lura Hunt Grice. She was a retired bookkeeper for Hankins Lumber Company. She enjoyed cross-stitching, crocheting, and reading and listening to books. She was a faithful member of Moore Memorial Methodist Church in Winona.
She is survived by her daughter, Marilyn Johnston of Starkville; two grandsons, Steven Lowery (Sheila) and Josh Lowery; three great-grandchildren, Alana Lowery, Avery Lowery, and Brody Lowery; great-great-granddaughter, Eva Lowery; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Susan Johnston Perkins (Jimmy); husbands, Henry Thomas, Thomas Goldman, and Tillman J. Little; sister, Erna Lea Hull; and brother, Herbert Hunt Grice.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Moore Memorial Methodist Church, P.O. Box 467, Winona, MS 38967; American Heart Association, PO Box 840692,
Dallas, TX 75284-0692, or online at www.heart.org/; or to the American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741, or online at www.donate.cancer.org.
