MS. JOYCE ELAINE CROWDER, age 68, of Wingate, North Carolina peacefully departed this life on Friday, July 10, 2026 at Atrium Health Union Hospital, Monroe, North Carolin.

The Homegoing Service will be on Saturday, July 25, 2026, 1:00pm, Smith's Memorial Chapel, 604 Salisbury Street, Wadesboro, North Carolina. Interment will follow in the family plot of the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Marshville, North Carolina.

The public viewing will be on Friday, July 24, 2026 from 1:00-4:00pm.