Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Joyce Dempsey, 77, of Anniston will be at 12pm on Thursday, April 12th, 2018 at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm on Wednesday Night. Mrs. Dempsey passed away Sunday at her sisters home.
Survivors include her husband of 59 years, William E. Dempsey; her two sons Terry Dempsey (Sandra) and Dennis Dempsey (Jennifer); grandchildren Cameron (Brianna), Briea, and Connor Dempsey; great-grandchild Colton Dempsey; siblings Hules Homer Middlebrook, Joanne Brown, and Lee Roy Middlebrook.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Homer Lester Middlebrook and Dovie Beatrice Harris Middlebrook; and sister Vecroy Middlebrook.
She worked as a special education teacher's aid for 20+ years - beginning at Ft. McClellan and finishing at Weaver. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed.