Joan Mayfield

on October 6, 1929, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Dorothy Prehn and the late Shirley Thornton

Capps.

Preceding Joan in death is her loving husband Woodrow W. Mayfield; son, Mike Mayfield; grandson,

Mark Robert Mayfield.

Joan is survived by her sons, Bill Mayfield, and Dan Mayfield; daughter-in-law Patti Mayfield; grandchildren, Zachary Mayfield (Sarah),

Christine, Brett Mayfield, Laura Mayfield (Memo), Mark Russell Mayfield (Katie), Stephen Mayfield;

and 7 great grandchildren.

She was raised in the Southern Appalachians outside of Clayton GA, without the benefit of running

water and without electricity (until late.) She spent most of her childhood relishing the outdoors. At 14

she left home and began work for Simplex Piston Rings in Atlanta. She became an expert automotive

engine machinist and worked on the engines for NASCAR racing legend Gober Sosbee. She was the first

female pit crew member at the Daytona 500 when it was still partly a beach track. She parlayed her

engine expertise into a machinist position in the engine shop at Bell Bomber Plant in Marietta, which

eventually became Lockheed Martin. She met her husband Woody at Lockheed. She devoted the

balance of her life to her to her children and to her church. She was known for her energy, her wit, and

her genuine happiness. She served the members of her church by visiting them in the hospital, driving

them to appointments, or delivering care to them in their homes during their illnesses. She was a

founding and long-term member of Trinity Baptist Church.

A visitation will be held from 11:30am to 1:00pm, on Friday, June 19, 2026, at Carmichael Funeral Home

in Smyrna, Georgia. A funeral service will follow immediately after, in the Chapel of Carmichael Funeral

Home. Interment will take place on the same day, at 2:30pm, at Kennesaw Memorial Park.