Joyce Lloyd Lewis

Joyce Lloyd Lewis, age 85, left her pain of dementia behind and joined her son Gilbert L. Gregg III who preceded her in death on February 20, 2018. Joyce passed on peacefully with her husband, Donnie R. Atkinson and her grandson, Gilbert L. Gregg IV at her side on November 2, 2022, at home in Jacksonville, FL.

Joyce was born on August 3, 1937, in South Boston, Virginia to her late parents, William David Lloyd and Ida Dawson.

Joyce decided to devote her life to education and worked her way through college at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia to earn a master’s degree in Biology. She devoted her life to teaching and influencing students with sound life values in addition to academic training.

Joyce moved in 2006 to Jacksonville, FL to be near her son, Gilbert L. Gregg III and his wife, Tracy Gregg. Joyce’s son, Gilbert, had been a pilot in the Navy, a commercial pilot and was last teaching avionics at Frank H. Peterson Academy in Jacksonville, FL.

Joyce is survived by her devoted husband, Donnie R. Atkinson; two grandsons, Gilbert Gregg IV and Capt. Andrew Gregg (USAF); her sister, Janet Adams and husband, Wayne Adams who live in South Boston, Virginia and her daughter-in-law, Tracy Gregg who lives in Jacksonville, FL.

Joyce loved and kept track of her grandsons. She watched them grow and succeed in their lives.

Gilbert L. Gregg IV chose computer programming and the various fields of Information Technology.

Captain (USAF) Andrew Gregg chose a military career in the Air Force; training to become a Radar Intercept Officer in jet aircraft.

Joyce enjoyed planting flowers, caring for pets, being with her family and just being in her home. Later in life she enjoyed reading books and sleeping late in the morning. Her husband, Donnie, enjoyed the sleeping in late part. 

Joyce my love, your husband will be along in a little while to join you again when I am done as promised.

In remembrance, the family suggests a donation to Mayo Clinic Department of Development, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905. Please enclose a note with your personal information and say it is a donation for Dementia Research in memory of Joyce L. Lewis.