Richland Parish Louisiana –obituary of Joyce Hunter Loftin,January 2003 
as printed in the Monroe News Star
Submitted by Dot Golliher




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MRS. JOYCE HUNTER LOFTIN
 
Services for Mrs. Joyce Hunter Loftin, 87, of Monroe, LA will be held at 
10:00 A.M. Thursday January 9, 2003 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home
 Sterlington Rd. Monroe, LA with Rev. David Maxwell officiating. Burial will
be in Delhi Masonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Loftin died January 6, 2003 at the North Monroe Medical Center.
Mrs. Loftin was a Sunday school teacher at Parkview Baptist Church and was 
a charter member of the Northminster Church. She received her BS degree from 
Northwestern LA. University and Master's from Northeast LA University. She 
was a retired school teacher in Richland and Franklin Parishes for over 32 
years, and was classroom supervisor for 10 years. Mrs. Loftin was a member 
of the River Oaks Grandmother's Club and the St. Francis Medical Center Auxillary, 
where she worked in the gift shop. She was very active in the Strauss Theatre, 
serving as prop mistress for 15 years; performances included Arsenic and Old Lace. 
She celebrated her 80th birthday on stage in Lost in Yonkers. The cast and crew 
members loved her good food and knew not to touch her prop table.
She was preceded in death by her husband, L. B. Loftin; son, L. B. (Buddy) Loftin; 
parents, George and Alice Hunter; brothers, Fred and George Hunter.
Survivors: Daughters, Audrey Loftin Moton and husband, Glyn of Jefferson, PA., 
Frances Loftin Thrasher of Monroe, LA.; grandchildren, Kyle Thrasher Wooldridge 
and husband, Jim, Hunter Loftin and wife, Cynthia, and Allison Loftin all of 
Monroe, LA., Lowen B. Loftin and wife, Laura of Dallas, TX., Kathryn DeLee of 
Albany, GA., Kimberly Thrasher Madden and husband, John of Jackson, MS.; eight 
great grandchildren; sister, Shirley Hunter Maxwell of Delhi, LA.; and numerous 
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Fred Hunter, Jerry Hunter, Steve Maxwell, Ricky Maxwell, 
Roy Neathery, John Robert Hunter, Pleny Pennebaker and Ken Loftin.
Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at Mulhearn Funeral 
Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe, La.
Memorials may be made to the Strauss Theatre or the Northminster Church.