Joyce Lafay Thompson Lipe

Joyce retired from Wayside School, where she served as the Cafeteria Manager. Through years of steady work and daily care for others, she brought a quiet dignity to her responsibilities and was respected for the dependable presence she offered to those around her.

Joyce was a member of Fern Hill Baptist Church in Troutman. Her faith and commitment to her church community reflected a life shaped by devotion, constancy, and sincere regard for others.

She was preceded in death by her father, John Lloyd Thompson; her mother, Rachel Louisa Kitchens Thompson; her husband, Henry Gray Lipe, who passed away on January 15, 2023; her son, Rick L. Lipe.

Those who survive Joyce include her daughter, Rebecca Lee Lipe Wallace of Troutman, North Carolina; her brothers, Melton Thompson and Steve Thompson of Georgia; her sister, Kay Dakota of Georgia; her sister-in-law, Freda Thompson of Louisiana; her granddaughter, Kimberly Morrow (Jeff); her grandson, Jeremy G. Wallace; and one Great-Granddaughter also survives.

A Graveside Service will be held at Iredell Memorial Gardens in Statesville, North Carolina, on May 14, 2026, at 1:00 pm.

Condolences may be shared with the family, online at www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com

Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home of Statesville is honored to be entrusted with the care of Mrs. Lipe and her family.