Lake Junaluska, Joyce Dingley Howell, age 86, of County Road, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at MedWest Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, she had resided most of her life in Orlando, Florida before moving to Haywood County three years ago. She was the daughter of the late Dr. John T. Dingley, Sr. and Doris Lillian Waring Dingley and was also preceded in death by a brother, John T. Dingley, Jr. Joyce was a 1946 graduate of Orlando Junior College and a former sales clerk at Dickson and Ives Department Store. She also was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church of Orlando. In 1961, Joyce became a �Pink Lady� at Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando where she logged 17, 000 hours of volunteer service over a 30-year span, retiring in 1991. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, P. Arnold Howell, Sr.; one daughter, Patricia �Trish� Anne Howell, of Lake Junaluska; two sons, Paul A. Howell, Jr. and his wife, Charlette, of Atlanta, Georgia and John Norman Howell of Oviedo, Florida; and two grandchildren, Paul Arnold �Trey� Howell, III and Patricia Lynlee Howell, both of Atlanta. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 Wednesday, September 7, 2011 in the Waynesville Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with her niece and namesake, Reverend Joyce Dingley Slostad, officiating. A private family interment service will be held at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be members of the Waynesville Rotary Club. The family will receive friends from 4:00 until 5:45 p.m. prior to services at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to MedWest Haywood Regional Medical Center Hospice, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.
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