Joyce Smith Coates Obituary
We bid farewell to Joyce Smith Coates (Mount Olive, North Carolina), whose journey of life gracefully concluded on June 26, 2025 at the age of 87. Joyce Smith touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Joyce Smith Coates to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her husband Everette Allen Coates; and her parents, Jesse H. Smith and Lucy Barrow Smith. She is survived by: her children, Doug (Lynne Coates), Dudley, Terry (Julie Coates), Karen C. (Dennis Morgan), Kelvin "Jaybird" (Christa Coates), Lori C. (Chuck Thomas) and Craig Rashaw (Maggie); her grandchildren, Lee Coates (Kelsey), Dillon Coates, Madelyn Coates (Tyler Sanderson), Georgia Lynn Fulghum, Taylor Coates (Kala), Brittany Gose (Anthony), Joshua Morgan (Sherri), Trevor Morgan (Elizabeth), Savanah Jones (Bradley), Jake Coates, Sally Coates, Aaron Thomas and Bailey Thomas; her great grandchildren, Paisley Coates, Carson Coates, Lainey Coates, Addison Coates, Lenni Kate Coates, Kinsley Pearsall, Hadley Gose, Amberly Morgan, Tyler Morgan, Makenna Morgan, Olivia Morgan, Everette Morgan and Harper Kate Jones; her brother Jesse Barrow; her cousin Sylvia Rohrbough; her close friend Kat Wiggs; and her brother Gerald Teel.
Memorial gifts may be made to May's Chapel Church, PO Box 966, Dudley, NC 28333, or to Cure for the Colors, c/o Southeastern Cancer Center, 203 Cox Blvd., Goldsboro, NC 27534.
