Joyce Hamblen

Mrs. Joyce Hamblen, 89, of Union City died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, at the Union City Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Justin Hiens officiating. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Tuesday at the funeral home.
Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family request that memorials be made to Second Baptist Church or the charity of the donor’s choice.
She was born Dec. 14, 1928, in Obion County, daughter of the late Carl and Eva (Witherspoon) Burress. She married Paul Hamblen Jr. Aug. 3, 1947. He died April 1, 2014.
She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Union City.
She is survived by four daughters and three sons-in-law, Janice and Bobby Kirkland, Kathy and Dale McCant and Cindy and Jamey Andrews, all of Union City, and Pam Hamblen of Martin; and her son and daughter-in-law, David and Lynda Hamblen of Union City. She was blessed with 11 grandchildren, Jason Hamblen, Joe David Hamblen, Travis Hamilton, Christy Perry, Roger McCant, Shane Andrews, Jeremy Andrews, Rebecca Seaton, Jessica Decker, Kevin Davidson and Julie Davidson; and 18 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by one brother, Jerry Burress of Rives.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Richard Burress, Steve Burress and David Randall Burress; and one sister, Helen Burress Muse.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published 10.1.18