Joyce Blunt Rose of Rocky Mount and Elm City passed away on Friday, March 13, 2015. She was born on December 15, 1930 to the late Joseph D. Blunt and Lillie Mae West Blunt. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, David Jeptha Rose II; her step mother, Mary Savada Coggin Blunt; sister, Anne Blunt Dorsett; brother, Robert W. Joyner, Jr.; brother-in-law, Dr. I. W. "Boojack" Rose, Sr.

She is survived by three sons, David J. Rose III and his wife, Julie, of Nashville, William Blunt "Bill" Rose and his wife, Diane, of Lenexa, Kansas, and Daniel Woodall "Danny" Rose of Rocky Mount; two brothers-in-law, F. Raymond Dorsett and George E. Rose and his wife, Wayne, both of Rocky Mount; and a sister-in-law, Virginia F. "Sis" Rose also of Rocky Mount; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild

A funeral service was held March 17, 2015 at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Burial was at Pineview Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Nash General, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount NC 27804.

Arrangements by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rocky Mount.