Helen D. "Dean" Cole, 86, of Halls, Tennessee, died on Friday, January 27, 2023, at AHC of Dyersburg in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
Born Wednesday, May 13, 1936 in Gibson County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Howard Joyce and the late Willie Jo Hickerson Joyce. Mrs. Cole was a former employee of Wal-Mart and was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Newbern, Tennessee.
Graveside services for Mrs. Cole will be held at a later date at Follis Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery near Trenton, Tennessee.
She leaves to cherish her memory, one daughter, Debra Plunk (David) of Halls, Tennessee; one brother, Hal "Bubba" Joyce of Gibson Wells, Tennessee and she was "Mama Dean" to her four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Judy Balentine; two brothers, Walton Joyce and James Joyce and two sisters, Maxine Edwards and Joy Ann Barksdale.
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