Mrs. Joycelyn Carol Hawkins Gladney, 74, was born on March 23, 1951 to the late Rev. James L. Hawkins and Mrs. Juanita Ford Hawkins. Joycelyn departed this earthly realm on September 7, 2025 at the University Mississippi Medical Center. Joycelyn was the sister of Mrs. Janet O. Mason, Jerome L. Hawkins, Jacquline Hawkins- Thurman, Jonathan Hawkins, and Jared Hawkins. The proud grandmother of James Miller, Audrey McInnis, Patrick McInnis, III., and Dakari McInnis and the mother of the late Xavier D. Gladney, and Keisha J. Gladney McInnis. Joycelyn was a proud 1969 graduate of the Jim Hill High School in Jackson, MS.