Joyce T. Nettles

Joyce Thomas Nettles, 83 of Cordova entered into the arms of her savior on Monday, November 17, 2025 in Gaston, SC.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, 1012 Whitman Street in Orangeburg with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery, 2720 Broughton Street in Orangeburg. Rev. Jakie Walters will be officiating. The family will receive visitors from 10:00-11:00 A.M. prior to the funeral service.

Honored to serve as pallbearers are Jacob Stroman, Calvin Moore, Clint Moore, Chazz Moore, Jackie Nettles, Jr., and Craig Nettles.

Joyce was born August 2, 1942, in Orangeburg County to the late St. Claire Brickle Thomas and the late Henry Thomas. She was a member of Edisto Baptist Church in Branchville, SC and a member of the Senior Sunday school class. She retired from Electrolux in Orangeburg and the Law Office of Michael Tanner in Bamberg. Joyce was an avid traveler and had been on many memorable trips throughout her lifetime. She enjoyed playing cards with her friends, shopping with her daughter, and attending her great-grandsons’ ball games. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who was cherished by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard “Tim” Nettles, her son, Clyde “Dale” Nettles, infant son, Bernard Thomas Nettles, and Grandson, James Foster Nettles, Jr.

Survivors include a daughter, Christel (Charlie) Nettles-Tice of the home; a son, James “Jimmy” (Tina) Nettles of Cordova; Grandchildren, Kristen Nettles, Travis (Brittany) Nettles, Jarrett (Corie) Nettles and Chassidy (Jacob) Stroman; Great-grandchildren, Landen, Braxtyn , Brody, Isabella, and Remi Nettles, Jackson and Walker Hoover, and Carson and Cruz Shuler; and a special niece, Lisa (Calvin) Moore.

Friends may call at the residence; 149 Nettles Road, and at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Dogs for the Deaf, Inc at 10175 Wheeler Road, Central Point, OR 97502 or to the Orangeburg SPCA; PO Box 1584; Orangeburg, SC 29116.