husband and a wonderful loving father, grandfather, and great grand father.
He was born on Dec 6, 1944 in Greenville, SC to the late Fred Malcolm Batson and
Sara Mae Batson (Wyatt). He was a 1962 Graduate of Carolina High School where
he served as President of the student government and drum major for the marching band.
He attended Greenville Technical College and Clemson University and worked for various
engineering firms throughout the South.
He resided in Greenville until 1973 when he moved to Baton Rouge. He returned to
Greenville in 2001 and divided his time between South Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana.
He finally settled down with his wife at his daughter's residence in 2015, where he remained until
his death.
Joe will always be known as a “true southern gentleman”. He was always willing to help anyone.
No load was beneath him and he enjoyed working outside. He could fix almost anything and
was a wealth of knowledge about all things structural. He had a love of NASCAR, college football
(Clemson and LSU), and attended all his children's sporting events that he could.
His true love was his family. He leaves behind his wife of 55 years, Gwendolyn Owens Batson,
his children Joe Batson Jr (Kimberly), Rintha Batson, Bryan Batson (Claudia); grandchildren Dustin Batson, Maxim Batson, Anthony Denicola, Katherine Mabry Kleinpeter, great grandchildren
Kai and Amelia Kleinpeter. He is also survived by his sister Peggy B. Luther and
predeceased by his parents and brother-in-law John Luther.
He was a member of the Church of the Redeemer in Greenville, SC.
Visitation will be at Mackey at Century Drive on Friday, July 12, 2019 from 7 – 9 pm. Services
will be held at the Church of the Redeemer on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 2:30 pm followed by
internment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, make donations to the Church of the Redeemer or to
the charity of your choice.
