NELSON COUNTY, VA - OBITUARIES - Joyce Ann Tender Wood, 1 Jun 2004 ----¤¤¤---- Source: The Daily Progress, Wednesday, June 02, 2004 Joyce Ann Tender Wood, 58, of Faber, (Nelson County), passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at her residence in Faber. Born Feb. 6, 1946, at Bethesda, Md., she was a daughter of Katherine E. Tinder of Faber and the late Benton G. Tender, Sr. Be-sides her father, she was preceded in death by her brother, Benton G. Tender Jr. Joyce was a loving daughter, mother, grandmother and a loyal friend to many. She was the founder of Walton's Mountain Country Store, which she opened in 1983, and for all those years, enjoyed welcoming tourist as well as the community into her store. She was passionate about life and the outdoors where she spent much of her time caring for her horses and creating beautiful water gardens for friends and family members. Besides her mother, Katherine E. Tender of Faber, she is survived by her brother, James T. Tender, also of Faber. Her loving, de-voted and caring children, Suzanne R. Jones and her husband, Jack, Dianne Nordt and her husband, Bill, and John A. Roberts III and his wife, Chanda; five grandchildren, Nicholas and Anna Katherine Jones, Oriana, William and Eudora Nordt, all of Richmond. A service of remembrance for Joyce will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2004, at 1 p.m. in the Rock Spring United Methodist Church at Faber with Dr. Dan Abbott and the Rev. John Campbell officiating with Interment in the Rock Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the residence, at 7426 Irish Road in Faber, and request that in lieu of flow-ers, memorials take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society 4240 Park Place CT., Glen Allen, VA 23060, Hospice of the Piedmont 2200 Old Ivy Rd., Suite 2, Charlottesville, VA 22903 or the Humane Society/SPCA of Nelson County, P.O. Box 85, Ar-rington, VA 22922. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel of Lovingston (434-263-4097) ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com ___________________________________________________________________