WALTERBORO :      Mrs. Joyce C. Thomas, widow of the late James "J.I." Thomas, passed away peacefully Thursday evening, April 27, 2023 at the Lake Moultrie Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in St. Stephen, SC.  She was 81.

Mrs. Thomas was born in Augusta, Georgia May 9, 1941 a daughter of the late Herman Leroy Crouch and Helen Cheek Crouch.  She was a graduate of the University of Georgia, and was employed for many years as a microbiologist at the Colleton Medical Center.  She was a member of North Walterboro Baptist Church, where she served as church pianist for many years.  She also served as pianist at Edgewood Baptist Church for a few years.

She is survived by her daughter, Debra Thomas of Walterboro, by her sister, Denise McWhorter of Pinopolis, and by her brother, Ron Crouch (Teresa) of Grovetown, GA.  There is a host of extended family.

Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 11:30 at the Live Oak Cemetery in Walterboro.  Parker-Rhoden Funeral Home, 117 Paul Street is in charge of arrangements.