Joyce Eugenia Wojohn Roth, a native of Mobile Alabama and recent
resident of Fort Collins Colorado, went to be with her Creator while
surrounded by her family on May 29, 2024.
Joyce was born on June 2, 1940 in Mobile, Alabama. She graduated from
Murphy High School in 1958 in the same class as her sweetheart... and on
November 27, 1959 she married that sweetheart - the love of her life - her
Joey. Together they built a life which included the birth of two children,
Charles Glenn and Laura Anne (LaréAnna) Roth.
In 1962, Joe and Joyce began serving the Lord together and building a
thriving community of dear friends in Fort Walton Beach Florida, as that is
where Joe won a bid for employment with National Cash Register
Company as a Field Engineer. Joyce soon realized that her purpose and
passion lay in her devotion to Christian education, and Rocky Bayou
Christian School became her beloved haven and treasured community for
many, many years. Joe and Joyce would love and call Fort Walton Beach
home for the next 48 years.
After the loss of their beloved son Glenn in 2004, Joe and Joyce returned
to their native hometown of Mobile Alabama in order to be closer to their
grandchildren and family.
During her life here on earth, Joyce loved and was devoted to her family,
her Lord Jesus Christ, and her Church. She was an active member of
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Fort Walton Beach Florida, then
Forest Lake Bible Church in Niceville Florida, followed by Trinity
Presbyterian Church in Valparaiso Florida, and finally Christ Presbyterian
Church in Mobile Alabama. Joyce experienced immense joy in music,
providing piano accompaniment for the congregations she served, and in
singing praises to her Lord and Savior amongst her friends and loved ones.
Joyce also took great pleasure in watching her family learn and grow in
their gifts from the Lord. Her husband's passions were in music,
photography and racing homing pigeons with their son Glenn. She
delighted in Glenn's saxophone skills and debate team achievements, and
faithfully supported LaréAnna in her cross-country racing events and
classical piano recitals and performances. When her grandchildren arrived,
she was always there to welcome each one into the world.
Joyce is preceded in death by both of her parents, Walter Otto and Clarice
Eugenia Allen Wojohn, her brother Gregory Allen Wojohn, her son Dr.
Charles Glenn Roth, and her husband Thomas Joseph Roth II.
She is survived by her daughter LaréAnna Roth (aka Laura Anne Roth
Batson), her Son-in-Law Steven Mark Batson, Daughter-in-Law Kimberlee
Gibson Roth McGuire (Gerry McGuire), six granddaughters... Maegan
Elizabeth Batson, Anna Kristine Roth (Elliott Miller), Jessica Danielle
Batson (Joe Martinez), Lauren Annelise Batson-Raab (Jordan Raab),
Caroline Grace Batson, Emma Joy Batson... and one grandson, Thomas
Joseph Roth III (Gerri Wright). She is also survived by her Sister-in-Law,
Jaye Valentine Wojohn, her nephews Gregory Wojohn and Zachary
Wojohn (Shelli Wojohn), and her great nephew and niece, Caden Matthew
and Holly Grace Valentine Wojohn.
In lieu of sending flowers, the family encourages her dear friends to honor
her memory by joining together in lifting prayers and hymns of praise in
worship together. They additionally invite all those who knew her, along
with themselves, to extend generosity, kindness, and love to those our
Creator places in our paths, as she always strived to do. This, they believe,
is how she would most want to be honored and remembered.
June 2, 1940 — May 29, 2024
Joyce's family has gathered to her side in Colorado to celebrate her beautiful life and send her off with love. She will be laid to rest beside her beloved husband, Joe, at Mobile Memorial Gardens in Alabama.
