Joyce Meredith Hetzel

Joyce Meredith Hetzel

Highlands, NC - Joyce Meredith Hetzel of Highlands, NC, formerly of Sanford, Florida, died October 23rd in Highlands. She was the daughter of H. C. and Geraldine Hetzel who had a summer cottage here since 1924. She graduated from the University of SC, where she was a Delta Delta Delta, and attended Tulane University where she received her Masters Degree in Social Work. She specialized in child welfare work in Dayton Beach & Sanford, FL. After retirement, she moved to Chestnut Hill in Highlands. She was an active member of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, where she served on the Vestry & was a choir member. She was a volunteer at the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. She was a talented artist, loved Nature, gardening, music & singing. She spent her life caring for & helping other people. To know her was to love her.

Survivors include her two sisters, Ann Beatty of Atlanta & Janet Fisher of Miami, one brother, Rev. Alan Dorn Hetzel & his wife Hazel of Black Mountain, NC. Also surviving is her long-time companion, Martha Wight and numerous nephews and nieces.

In lieu of flowers, memorial remembrances can be made to Hospice of Highlands at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital and The Church of the Incarnation in Highlands.

Her service will be held in the Chapel of The Church of the Incarnation, Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 2:00pm. Rev. Brian Sullivan and Rev. Alan Hetzel will officiate. A Reception will follow at the Club House at Chestnut Hill (off Buck Creek Road) for friends and family. Interment will be at the Highlands Memorial Park Cemetery.

Online condolences are available by visiting www.bryantgrantfuneralhome.com or by email.