Joyce Lorrayne Griffith

GRIFFITH — Joyce Lorrayne, 80; born May 4, 1941, Wallace, Idaho; died Sept. 14, 2021, Nampa, Idaho. Surviving: brothers, Dave Griffith and Ben Thatcher; 6 nieces, numerous great-nieces, nephews and extended family.

Joyce Lorrayne Griffith was born on May 4, 1941, in Wallace, Idaho, to William Hoyd Griffith and Minnie Arline Wilson Griffith.

She graduated from Gem State Academy in 1959, from Walla Walla College in 1963 with a degree in English, Education minor, and received her MBA nearly 20 years later.

Her 20-plus years of working for the Adventist church included: General Conference public relations associate, Gem State and Upper Columbia Academies English and journalism teacher, Walla Walla College journalism teacher, Hinsdale Sanitarium marketing director, Voice of Prophecy public relations director, and English teacher in Zambia, Africa. Marketing and self-publishing were a big part of her later years. Working for kind HMS Richards Sr. at the Voice of Prophecy, and overseas missions were her favorites.

Joyce was committed to her Lord Jesus Christ in a big way. She loved camping and hiking, enjoyed music, was an ideas person, a wordsmith and deep thinker, enjoying writing and conversations on current world affairs, the controversial and spiritual, and contributing Discussion Starters at ssnet.org. She was courageous and funny, witty and smart. She was a successful woman in an era that did not favor such fierce independence.

Surviving: brother Dave Griffith and wife Shar of Caldwell, Idaho; brother Ben Thatcher and wife Nancy of Blue Ridge, Georgia; six nieces, multiple great nieces, nephews and extended family.