Mrs. Joyce Floyd Nexsen, 76, wife of Thomas Ralston Nexsen, died Sunday, April 12, 2015, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence.

Mrs. Nexsen was born November 7, 1938, in Olanta, a daughter of the late Clarence L. Floyd and Mamie Leona Hill. She was a graduate of Lake City High School and Williamsburg Technical College. Mrs. Joyce attended her nursing training at McLeod’s Regional Medical Center and retired from Baxter Travenol. She previously worked at Kelly Memorial Hospital and was a teacher at Living Word Christian School. Mrs. Nexsen was a member of Broad Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she was a choir member, a Sunday school teacher, and in women’s ministry. Mrs. Joyce enjoyed gardening and spending time with her family.

Mrs. Nexsen was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, George “Jack” Burgess; a sister; Hilda Floyd; sister–in-laws, Melene Beard Floyd and Mary Eaddy Floyd; a brother-in-law, Ernest Yarborough, and a niece, Joyce Annette Yarborough.

In addition to her husband Tommy, Mrs. Joyce is survived by: a daughter, Georgia B. (Craig) Hoppel; a son, Jonathan T. Nexsen; 4 grandchildren, Jessica D. (Jessie) Hermosillo, Grant Drucker, Jordan Drucker, and Taylor Drucker; 1 great grandchild, Cammilla Hermosillo; a sister, Annette Y. (Joe) Alexander; 3 brothers, Samuel (Kay) Floyd, Richard Floyd, and Emiel (Dorothy) Floyd; a special niece, Judy Y. Lucius, and many other precious nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Broad Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Tuesday evening at Williamsburg Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Broad Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church, Women’s Ministry, 836 Broad Swamp Road, Kingstree, SC 29556.