

She was born April 3, 1959 in Rutherfordton, North Carolina the middle child of three daughters to John Byron Lookadoo and Dorothy Campbell Lookadoo.
Joyce attended Isothermal Community College, where she met and later married her husband, Mosen Motaleb in the summer of 1978. Her passion in life was being a stay at home mother to three beautiful children, Elliot, Emily, and Evan. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend who will be missed by all.
Joyce was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving are her loving husband of 33 years, Mosen Motaleb; sons, Elliot Motaleb and Evan Motaleb; daughter, Emily Motaleb Bellis and husband Jackson; father, John B. Lookadoo; mother, Dorothy B. Lookadoo, sisters, Janet Davis and Myra Lookadoo, and two nieces, Chelsea Smith and Skyler Smith.
A visitation will be held 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Friday, August 5, 2011 at McEwen Charlotte Chapel, 5716 Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC 28212.
A funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, 6050 Hickory Grove Road, Charlotte, NC . Interment will follow in Sharon Memorial Park Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hickory Grove Baptist Church, 6050 Hickory Grove Road, Charlotte, NC.
Condolences at www.MeM.com or www.McEwenfs.com.
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