Joyce Marie Jennings

Joyce Marie Jennings, age 84, a native of Church Point, Louisiana and resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana transitioned peacefully on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until Celebration of Life at 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at Good Hope Baptist Church 908 Washington Street Patterson, Louisiana. Burial will follow in the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery.

She leaves to cherish her memories, three sons, Matthew Tillman, Jr. and Jerome (Neva) Jennings, Sr., both of Patterson, Louisiana, and Gene Grogan of Dallas, Texas; three daughters, Loretta Tillman Jones and Consuella Tillman Bob, both of Baldwin, Louisiana, and Cindy Jennings Burrell of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; nineteen grandchildren, thirty three great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren; along with a host of family and friends.

Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Junius Jennings; her mother, Mary Louise Bellard Simien; her father, Albert Simien, Sr.; her late husband, Matthew Tillman, Sr.; two sons, Anthony Jennings and Baby Nathan Jennings; seven sisters and six brothers.