Joyce Ann Holcomb Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Joyce Ann Holcomb, 83, of Fairmont passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Fairmont Regional Medical Center following a long illness. Miss Holcomb was born in Marion County on March 27, 1934, a daughter of the late Lloyd Bartholow and Maxine (Tichnell) Bartholow. She helped operate Tichnell's Tourist Home and Quaker State Gas Station on Locust Avenue in Fairmont for approximately 40 years. She was an Avon distributor, and worked for CSC Collection Service for several years. Joyce was a devoted member of the Central Church of the Nazarene, teaching Vacation Bible School and Sunday School at the church. Caring for her mother, Maxine Bartholow, and cousin, Betty Holcomb, Joyce worked to create a loving household. Joyce appreciated all those she knew and those who helped her. Her parting words were always "I love you". She is survived by her cousins Shirley Ashcraft and Mary Collins of Fairmont, Gloria Jean Urso and husband Joe of Bradenton, Florid and their son John Anthony, and Jackie Holcomb, nephew Howard "Butch" Collins and wife Beverlee of Union, Kentucky, and their son Tyler N. Collins of Florence, Kentucky, a special nephew Robert Ashcraft and his wife Lori and their children Wesley and Brooke; a special niece Brenda Hogan and husband Michael and their children Lauren and Ryan Hogan of Westover, and special friends Junior Hardway and Charlie Carter. In addition to her parents, Miss Holcomb was preceded in death by an aunt, Madeline Collins and her husband Howard, two uncles, James Tichnell and Engle Tichnell, and her grandparents, Claude J. and Mary Lou Tichnell, and Sherman and Cora Holcomb. Friends may call at Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home, 209 Merchant Street, Fairmont, on Sunday from 11am to 6pm, and on Monday from 11am to 1pm. The funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Monday, July 31, 2017 at 1:00 pm with Pastor Jeff Haught officiating, with interment to follow at Pisgah Cemetery.

Joyce Ann Holcomb

March 27, 1934 - July 25, 2017