Joyce C. Raley

Thursday, May 23, 2024.

Joyce was born August 10, 1933, in Edison, Georgia. She was the second

daughter of the late Roswell Thomas and Audrey Ivey Clements.

After high school she moved to Atlanta to continue her education. While in

Atlanta, Joyce met Howard Raley (a student at Georgia Tech and a helluva

engineer). This was a beautiful moment as he was to be her loving husband

for 68+ years.

Joyce loved her family. Together with Howard they had three sons: Greg and

wife Karen of Texas, Philip and wife Rita of the Carolinas, David and wife

Lynda of Douglasville, Georgia; and a daughter Joan Raley Barnwell and

husband Charlie of Vinings, Georgia.

Three sisters survive Joyce: Idola Mills of Marietta, GA, Norma and husband

Ronald Windsor of Anniston, AL, and Rosaland and husband Earle Segrest of

Greenback, TN. In addition to twenty-two nieces and nephews, Joyce had

eleven grandchildren: Meredith, Mat, Matthew, West, Alex, Kristina, Sean,

Jordan, Andrew, David, and Laine; and five great grandchildren: Sam, Myers,

Gabriel, Mathews, and Holland.

Preceding Joyce in death are her parents, her late husband Howard, and

brother-in-law, Albert Mills.

The family would like to especially thank both Camille Campbell and Demetria

McKenzie for all their help, dedication, and compassion, as well as others

from Georgia Care at Home.

A memorial service for Joyce will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 31,

2024, at Northside Drive Baptist Church, 3100 Northside Dr NW, Atlanta, GA

30305.

Burial was at Arlington Memorial Park. In Lieu of Flowers, please

consider a memorial donation made to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital,

the Salvation Army, or a charity of your choice.