Rebecca Joyce Lehmann, 79, of Alderson, WV, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2017, at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea, WV.
Born November 15, 1938, she was the daughter of Cody Grimmett and Ruby McCallister Grimmett Richmond.
As a young child, Joyce spent a lot of time on Muddy Creek Mountain with maternal grandparents, Emory and Mamie Phillips McCallister. She had many cousins who were always available to keep her entertained. She was a graduate of Alderson High School. Classmates were always visiting and calling. She was loved by many. After high school, she worked a variety of places. She married Charles David Lehmann and began a wonderful life as a wife, as a mother to her daughter, Susan, and as a homemaker.
Joyce was a strong-willed person, very independent and willing to help anyone she met. She took care of her husband when he was ill, and after his death, she continued the role of caregiver with her mother, Ruby, until her passing. A few years later, her only daughter, Susan, passed away. She endured many health problems and always insisted she could do it herself, and she always did.
She and her husband, Charles David Lehmann, owned and operated an electronics business in Waynesboro, VA, for many years before selling it and returning to her native West Virginia. She was a proud longtime member of Old Greenbrier Baptist Church in Alderson.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles David Lehmann; a daughter, Dr. Susan Lehmann Griffin; and a brother, Rodney Grimmett.
Survivors include her grandchildren, William David Griffin and Hannah Morgan Griffin; one sister-in-law, Charlotte Grimmett; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Funeral services will be held Monday, December 18, 2017, at 1 PM at Old Greenbrier Baptist Church in Alderson with Pastor Bill Bryan officiating. Burial will follow at the Alderson Cemetery, Fletcher Addition, in Alderson.
Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in her memory be made to Old Greenbrier Baptist Church, 301 N. Monroe Street, Alderson, WV 24910.
Online condolences may be made by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg, WV, is in charge of arrangement.
Obituary originally published in the December 15, 2017 edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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