New Bern - Joyce Connor, age 82, passed away at Vident Medical Center on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. She was born in Rocky Mount, NC on January 20, 1930, to the late Rev. Elijah W. and William Ann (Johnson) Downing. She is survived by her husband of over 50 years, Col. Richard M. Connor (USAF RET); her children, Jo Ann Daniels, and her husband, Derby, of Davis, NC, James B. Dale, Jr.and his wife Lisa, of Beeville, Texas, Emily Jane Dale of Corpus Christi, Texas, Judy Downing of Holly Springs, NC , Wendy Burt of Willsboro, NY and Richard M. Connor, Jr. of New Bern, NC; a sister, Margie Adams and her husband, Bob, of New Bern; her brother, Raymond, and his wife, Lib, of Henderson, NC. She was grandmother of fifteen, great grandmother of eighteen and great great grandmother of one.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a sister, Elsie Collier and 5 brothers, Ralph, Ruben, Randolph, Laverne, and Linwood P.
Joyce attended Rocky Mount High School, but graduated from New Bern Hig
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