Joyce Ann

Winchester Washington

Joyce Ann Winchester Washington was born on February 7, 1951, in Mobile Alabama, to loving parents, the late Charles and Creola Winchester. She was the sixth of ten children.Joyce accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at an early age. As a youth, she attended St. John Apostolic of Holiness Church of God in Prichard, Alabama under the pastorage of Reverend Cecil M. Simpson Sr.

As an adult, Joyce united with Word of Life Community Church in Chickasaw, Alabama, under the leadership of Bishop Henry Roberts II, where she remained a member until her passing.She was also a member of TA Ministries/Bombering Heaven online, led by Pastor Tamara Alexander, Los Angeles, CA.Joyce attended Ella Grant Elementary School and Mattie T. Blount High School, both located in Prichard, Alabama. She was a proud member of the Mattie T. Blount High School Marching Band (The Purple and White, Mighty, Mighty Leopards), where she was a majorette. It's no wonder her favorite color was purple.

After graduating from Mattie T. Blount High School in 1969, Joyce attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Later, she transferred to the University of South Alabama, in Mobile Alabama, where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice Administration with
two minors, Political Science and Philosophy. Joyce was employed by the Juvenile Court of Mobile County at the James T. Strickland Youth
Center in Mobile, Alabama. She worked as a counselor and was very passionate about her work, counseling and making a difference in the lives of trouble teens in the Juvenile Detention Center. Later, she worked for the Sickle Cell Center in Mobile, Alabama.

Joyce was married and divorced. She had no biological children, but adopted her nieces, nephews and the children of friends as her very own. She had a way of making each of them feel like they were her favorite. She was loving, caring, generous, compassionate, thoughtful,
encouraging, and empathetic. She was always calling and checking up on them and asking many questions. She will be lovingly remembered by them as Auntie Joyce. Joyce was a tremendous help to her widowed mother and grandmother, devoting herself to their well being and assisting them in their daily lives as they aged. Her family will always be indebted to her for being there when they could not physically be there themselves.

Joyce went to her heavenly home peacefully on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at the home of her sister and brother, Deborah and James Howell, in Rialto, CA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Creola Winchester; grandmother, Arlena Pettis; siblings, Mary Etta
Winchester, Mary Alice Winchester James, Charles Winchester Jr., Michael Winchester, and Andretta Winchester Mason.
She leaves to cherish her memories her siblings: Minister Gwendolyn Winchester of Los Angeles, CA; Deborah (James) Howell of Rialto, CA; Paul (Canary) Winchester of Peachtree City, GA; Sherman (Valerie) Winchester of Mobile, AL; a devoted sister-in-love, Sandra
Winchester of Eight Mile, AL; a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins; three devoted first cousins, Gregory Greene, Veronica York, and Comer Stamps; a very dear and devoted friend,Jackie Danzy.

A public visitation will be held at Word of Life Communit Church on Saturday, July 19, 2025 from 10:00 AM until the 11:00 AM funeral service. Interment will take place in the Gethsemane Cemetery Mobile Street.