Joyce Yarbrough Phillips

(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Joyce Yarbrough Phillips, 56, of Wedowee was Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Rev. Buford Gaines officiating. Burial took place at Sellers Cemetery in Randolph County.

Mrs. Phillips died Sunday, Jan. 17, at her residence surrounded by her family.

Born in Clay County, Mrs. Phillips also lived in and around Randolph County for most of her life. She worked and retired from the Clay County Board of Education after 34 years. She loved spending time with her family, baking cakes, singing, planting flowers and helping out at the nursing home. She always talked about her precious grandboys, who she cared for dearly.

Mrs. Phillips is survived by her son, Brandon Knight (Jade); two grandsons, Bryson and Greyson Knight; three sisters, Helen Brooks (Kenneth), Kathy Sprayberry (Keith) and Cynthia Soleman (Mark); brother, James Yarbrough Sr. (Susan); special friend, Barry Nelson; three nieces, Patricia Crowe, Alaina Steen (Jonathan) and Gina Treadwell (Tyler); two nephews, James Yarbrough Jr. (Breanna) and Michael Koutsantanou (Maggie); great-nephew, Tucker Yarbrough; and great-niece, Destiny Thomason. She is preceded in death by her parents, Andrew Otha and Christene Ball Yarbrough; brother, Jimmy Yarbrough; and half-brother, Harold Yarbrough.

Active pallbearers will be James Yarbrough Sr., Keith Sprayberry, Mark Soleman, Scott Jordan, Michael Koutsantanou and Jonathan Steen.

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Benefield Funeral Home, Lineville.