Joyce Cobb-Pittman, 82, of Elm City, died Monday. A graveside funeral service will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 14, 2019, in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Elm City, NC, with Rev. Gene Wells officiating.
The family will receive friends Saturday, from 12:00 noon until 1:45 p.m., at Elm City Missionary Baptist Church, 206 Wilson St., Elm City.
Joyce was born in Talbot County, GA to the late A.E. and Francis Youngblood. Growing up, she loved music, playing the piano by ear by the time she was in third grade and playing for church in Waverly Hall, GA from the age of eight. Professionally, Joyce taught school at N.E.W. Academy in Sharpsburg, NC and later in Edgecombe County, NC, where she was twice honored as Teacher Of The Year. She was the long-time Organist and Choir Director at Elm City Missionary Baptist Church. Joyce both played and coached basketball. She loved sports, especially baseball (Atlanta Braves) and NASCAR (Bill Elliott and Jeff Gordon). Joyce loved and thought of her family most of all. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed.
Surviving are her son, McCajah C. Cobb, Jr. of Elm City; two grandchildren, Clarke Cobb (Brooke) of Raleigh and Katherine Newman (Joe) of Wake Forest; three great-grandchildren, Alexa Cobb, Montgomery Cobb, and Jocelyn Newman; one brother, Jack Youngblood of Columbus, GA; two sisters, Margie Moseley of Columbus, GA and Faye Russell of Manchester, GA; and a step-son, Mike Pittman (Gail) of Wilson.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, McCajah C. Cobb and Ed Pittman.
Flowers are welcome and memorials may be directed to Elm City Missionary Baptist Church, 206 Wilson St., Elm City, NC 27822 and the Parkinson Association of the Carolinas, 2101 Sardis Rd. N, Suite 102, Charlotte, NC 28227.
Funeral services are under the direction of Thomas-Yelverton Funeral Home, Wilson, NC. Online condolences may be sent to www.thomasyelverton.com.
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