On Nov. 19, 2018, at 10:30 p.m., Joyce Marie Vanhoy Rolland slipped away from her home she shared with her husband, Bill, in Smokey Cove, Canton, to her Father’s home in Heaven.
She died of Alzheimer’s disease.
Daughter of Oscar and Margaret Vanhoy, she was born on May 20, 1930, in High Point. She grew up in Pulaski, Virginia, and graduated from Pulaski High School.
While a student at Pulaski High School, she played baritone horn in the band.
She graduated from King College, Bristol, Tennessee in 1953, with a B.A. in chemistry.
She and her husband, Bill, raised four wonderful children. When the children left home, she began a career at St. Andrews Presbyterian College as an academic aide to the handicapped.
She continued and became the coordinator of academic aids and a mother to all of the handicapped students.
She was a lifelong committed Christian and a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Laurinburg, Manly Presbyterian Church of Southern Pines and was most recently a member of Canton Presbyterian Church.
Joy, though a faithful Presbyterian, was a committed ecumenical Christian.
Joy Rolland was preceded in death by her parents Oscar and Margaret Vanhoy and brother, Phillip Vanhoy.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. William W. Rolland, Canton; sister, Nola Vanhoy, Gainesville, Georgia; her children, Bill Rolland (Nancy), Southern Pines; George Rolland (Sarah), Canton, Betsy Robbins (Lonnie), Raeford and John Rolland (Jenny), Waynesville; grandchildren, Jessie Flowers (John), Greer, South Carolina, Emily and Hannah, Southern Pines, Will Robbins (Kim), Elizabeth Robbins, Raeford, Joseph, Bethany and David Rolland, Waynesville and two great-grandchildren, Mattie Joy Flowers and Tanner Robbins.
She died of Alzheimer’s disease.
Daughter of Oscar and Margaret Vanhoy, she was born on May 20, 1930, in High Point. She grew up in Pulaski, Virginia, and graduated from Pulaski High School.
While a student at Pulaski High School, she played baritone horn in the band.
She graduated from King College, Bristol, Tennessee in 1953, with a B.A. in chemistry.
She and her husband, Bill, raised four wonderful children. When the children left home, she began a career at St. Andrews Presbyterian College as an academic aide to the handicapped.
She continued and became the coordinator of academic aids and a mother to all of the handicapped students.
She was a lifelong committed Christian and a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Laurinburg, Manly Presbyterian Church of Southern Pines and was most recently a member of Canton Presbyterian Church.
Joy, though a faithful Presbyterian, was a committed ecumenical Christian.
Joy Rolland was preceded in death by her parents Oscar and Margaret Vanhoy and brother, Phillip Vanhoy.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. William W. Rolland, Canton; sister, Nola Vanhoy, Gainesville, Georgia; her children, Bill Rolland (Nancy), Southern Pines; George Rolland (Sarah), Canton, Betsy Robbins (Lonnie), Raeford and John Rolland (Jenny), Waynesville; grandchildren, Jessie Flowers (John), Greer, South Carolina, Emily and Hannah, Southern Pines, Will Robbins (Kim), Elizabeth Robbins, Raeford, Joseph, Bethany and David Rolland, Waynesville and two great-grandchildren, Mattie Joy Flowers and Tanner Robbins.
On Nov. 19, 2018, at 10:30 p.m., Joyce Marie Vanhoy Rolland slipped away from her home she shared with her husband, Bill, in Smokey Cove, Canton, to her Father’s home in Heaven.
She died of Alzheimer’s disease.
Daughter of Oscar and Margaret Vanhoy, she was born on May 20, 1930, in High Point. She grew up in Pulaski, Virginia, and graduated from Pulaski High School.
While a student at Pulaski High School, she played baritone horn in the band.
She graduated from King College, Bristol, Tennessee in 1953, with a B.A. in chemistry.
She and her husband, Bill, raised four wonderful children. When the children left home, she began a career at St. Andrews Presbyterian College as an academic aide to the handicapped.
She continued and became the coordinator of academic aids and a mother to all of the handicapped students.
She was a lifelong committed Christian and a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Laurinburg, Manly Presbyterian Church of Southern Pines and was most recently a member of Canton Presbyterian Church.
Joy, though a faithful Presbyterian, was a committed ecumenical Christian.
Joy Rolland was preceded in death by her parents Oscar and Margaret Vanhoy and brother, Phillip Vanhoy.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. William W. Rolland, Canton; sister, Nola Vanhoy, Gainesville, Georgia; her children, Bill Rolland (Nancy), Southern Pines; George Rolland (Sarah), Canton, Betsy Robbins (Lonnie), Raeford and John Rolland (Jenny), Waynesville; grandchildren, Jessie Flowers (John), Greer, South Carolina, Emily and Hannah, Southern Pines, Will Robbins (Kim), Elizabeth Robbins, Raeford, Joseph, Bethany and David Rolland, Waynesville and two great-grandchildren, Mattie Joy Flowers and Tanner Robbins.
She died of Alzheimer’s disease.
Daughter of Oscar and Margaret Vanhoy, she was born on May 20, 1930, in High Point. She grew up in Pulaski, Virginia, and graduated from Pulaski High School.
While a student at Pulaski High School, she played baritone horn in the band.
She graduated from King College, Bristol, Tennessee in 1953, with a B.A. in chemistry.
She and her husband, Bill, raised four wonderful children. When the children left home, she began a career at St. Andrews Presbyterian College as an academic aide to the handicapped.
She continued and became the coordinator of academic aids and a mother to all of the handicapped students.
She was a lifelong committed Christian and a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Laurinburg, Manly Presbyterian Church of Southern Pines and was most recently a member of Canton Presbyterian Church.
Joy, though a faithful Presbyterian, was a committed ecumenical Christian.
Joy Rolland was preceded in death by her parents Oscar and Margaret Vanhoy and brother, Phillip Vanhoy.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. William W. Rolland, Canton; sister, Nola Vanhoy, Gainesville, Georgia; her children, Bill Rolland (Nancy), Southern Pines; George Rolland (Sarah), Canton, Betsy Robbins (Lonnie), Raeford and John Rolland (Jenny), Waynesville; grandchildren, Jessie Flowers (John), Greer, South Carolina, Emily and Hannah, Southern Pines, Will Robbins (Kim), Elizabeth Robbins, Raeford, Joseph, Bethany and David Rolland, Waynesville and two great-grandchildren, Mattie Joy Flowers and Tanner Robbins.
