Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 28 at Hanes-Lineberry Sedgefield Chapel. Burial will follow at Guilford Memorial Park.
More than anything else, Mr. Joyce was a devoted husband, father and grandfather and loved spending time with his family. He also loved being a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and the Couples for Christ Sunday school class. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps for two years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during World War II in the 17th Airborne and parachuted into the Battle of the Rhine. Frank lived life to the fullest enjoying boating and skiing in his early years and later traveling across the U.S., Canada and Mexico with the FMC East motor home group, and was a life member of the FMCA. A member for over 50 years of the Masonic Lodge Guilford 656, he was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Shrine. He was also a member of the Elks. Frank was a retired real estate developer, one of the first drivers in Greensboro for Overnight Transportation Company and was the previous owner of Piedmont Truck Stop and Gate City Truck Stop. He was a co-founder of the Pinecroft-Sedgefield Volunteer Fire Station.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Joshua Joyce and Earlie Cordella Hennis Joyce, a son, Harold Dean Joyce, a sister, Merle Joyce Blake, brothers, Edward Franklin Joyce, William Howard Joyce, Joseph Daniel Joyce, Johnny Jackson Joyce, and his first wife, Clara Dean Joyce.
Mr. Joyce is survived by his wife of 19 years, Frances Munday Joyce of the home, daughter, Jacqueline Joyce Rives of Greensboro, and grandchildren, Frederick Charles Rives, III of Roanoke, VA, and Avis Joyce Rives of Ft. Worth, TX.
The family extends their heartfelt acknowledgements to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, nurse, Jennifer Bunn, social worker, Ann Batten and CNA, Norma Webb.
Memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 3812 Groometown Rd., Greensboro, NC 27407 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC 27405.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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