Joyce Katherine Bonnett Lloyd, 75, of Tifton passed away Thursday, August 16, 2018, at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton. A graveside funeral service will be held for Mrs. Lloyd at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 19, 2018, at Tift Memorial Gardens, where she will be laid to rest. The family will receive friends Saturday, August 18, 2018, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Honorary pallbearers will be Chuck Wirebaugh, Guillermo Henao, Theodore Bais, Johnny Bradford, John B. Bradford, Luis Henao and Donovan Luke.
Born April 27, 1943 in Nyack, New York, Mrs. Lloyd was the daughter of the late John Oscar Bonnett and Myrtle Melissa Goodman Bonnett. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Benjamin Lloyd, Jr. and one daughter, Elizabeth Renee Bradford. She was a homemaker and passionate caregiver, nursing her husband, mother and daughter during their final illnesses. She was devoted to the well-being of children and supported young, working parents, who could not afford standard childcare. For the people she loved, nothing was too much trouble.
Mrs. Lloyd is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen Ann and Ted Bais of Enigma and Susan Eileen and Guillermo Henao of Cali Colombia, South America; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Betty Ruth Bonnett Pfiel and her husband, Richard of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and Joan Arrel Bonnett Peluso and her husband, Salvatore of Ocala, Florida; five grandchildren, John Benjamin Bradford, Rose Katherine Bradford, Sarah Katherine Luke, Luis Guillermo Henao and Michelle Katherine Henao; and four great-grandchildren, Sebastian Grey Henao, Dao James Luke, Elizabeth Jean Bradford and Elliott John Bradford.