Friday, August 26, 2016 9:52 am

Betty Lou Eason Joyner, age 78, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2016. Born in Nash County on August 17, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Willis Dempsey Eason and Mary Woodruff Eason. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, William Fred "Sammy" Joyner, Jr.; a daughter, Tina Carol Hardison Minton; a sister, Evelyn Powell; and two brothers, "Bill" and "Timmy" Eason.

She is survived by her son, William Joyner, III and his wife Terry; her daughter, Kim Hood and her husband Mike; her 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; son-in-law, Ed Minton; sisters, Mildred Bryant, "Tiny" Reason and her husband Luther, Ida Reason, Margie Bass, Bonnie Hayes and her husband Bobby, Brenda Proctor and her husband Earl, and Linda Berisko and her husband Regis; brothers, Wayne Eason and his wife Peggylee and Danny Eason and his wife Alicia.

A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Marvin Stallings officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. The family will receive friends and relatives Sunday, August 28, 2016 from 6-8 p.m. at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research P. O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741.

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