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Joyce Elaine Rivers Harllee

Charlottesville, Virginia

1932 - 2022

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Joyce Elaine Rivers Harllee slipped the surly bonds of this mortal life on July 1, 2022, rising above the afflictions that had bedeviled her final years. She was a wife, a mother, adoptive mother and especially a grandmother. Professionally she was more than that, a musician, music teacher, and...

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We were fortunate to live across the street from Bob and Joyce. Wonderful neighbors who started a Lonesome Mountain Rd tradition of neighborhood fires. Bob would be burning pine trees that he cleared when he built the house. The fire was near the road and we all just naturally gathered and had wonderful visits. We just rekindled this tradition this year, in the same spot with some pine trees that fell in the big snow last January. Bob and Joyce were wonderful neighbors and we shared...

Dear Robert, Lynn, and family - Your mother was a true gem and I'm so sorry to hear about her passing. She and Bob were like adoptive parents to us while we were all at Broadus here in Charlottesville and I think about them both often. They changed our lives for the better. Your mom gave us a couple of stuffed toys - Donkey from Shrek and a pony - when our 2 kids were younger and Laura and Amy were getting older. Would you like them back? We are happy to give them back if they were...