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Joyce Taylor Tallent

Johnson City, Tennessee

Jun 26, 1926 – Oct 23, 2024 (Age 98)

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BORN
June 26, 1926
DIED
October 23, 2024
AGE
98
LOCATION
Johnson City, Tennessee

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Morris-Baker Funeral Home & Cremation Services Obituary

Joyce Taylor Tallent passed away at NHC Nursing Home on October 23rd, 2024, after a brief illness. Joyce Major Sessoms was born in Nashville, Tennessee on June 26, 1926, the third of five children of John Broadus Sessoms and Adelene Lackey Sessoms. She attended local schools, including...

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I enjoyed all the days and years spent with you, Mrs. Tallent. You´ve added substance to my life and I will forever hold you close to my heart. I love you and will miss you so much.

A kind and generous lady, God bless and hold the family close during this time.

John & Alec Christine and I want to send our condolences on the loss of an extremely special lady. Your mother was a very important part of our family for many years. She loved our Papaw unconditionally and for that we were forever grateful. Our mother (Shelia) continue her very close connection with Joyce for years after our Pawpaw (John Tallent) passed on. Even over hundreds of miles moma stayed in touch with Joyce and went to visit every time she was in town. Joyce was always so kind and...

John and Alec: My sincere condolences to the Taylor family. Joyce was a dear friend of my mother, Mary Ann Hyde. Joyce introduced mother to the Martha Wexler Bible Study class which meant the world to mother when she moved back to Johnson City ten years ago. We saw Joyce often at Munsey and at the Club for lunch after church. She enjoyed stopping by to say hello and visit with all her friends! We loved Joyce and appreciated her intellectual curiosity, sense of humor, knowledge about many...

John & Alec - I am so sorry to hear of your precious Mom's passing - I know that she was greeted at Heavens' Gates first & foremost by your sister, Catherine and your dad! (I loved your Sister, Catherine - because she was ALWAYS so nice to me when I has a 'little kid' and she was a 'Big Teenager" and we all sat up there in front in the Munsey Sanctuary every Sunday morning! Standing - in that 'Reception Line' at Heavens' Gates - I'm sure - was my Aunt, Martha Wexler, who praised your mom...