Joyce Marie Lupton Lanier

Goldsboro – Joyce Marie Lupton Lanier, 75, of 907 First Street, died Monday morning at Wayne Memorial Hospital. She was born in Pamlico County on September 3, 1932 to the late William Daniel Lupton and Leona Hodge Lupton.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Wayne Memorial Park.

Joyce is survived by her special K-9 companion, Sasha; her children, Blaine Lanier, Charlene Lanier Reaume and Marsha Lanier Cholewinski and husband, Joseph; her sisters, Mae Neal of Goldsboro, Helen Everette of Holly Ridge and Jean Mitchell of Goldsboro; eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her special nieces and nephew, Steve Mitchell, Beth Daniels, Terri Mitchell and Cheryl Taylor.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Leonard “Lennie” Lanier; and several brothers and sisters.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home.