Joyce Rowland Whitman - Selmer

January 21, 1928 - October 12, 2020

JOYCE ROWLAND WHITMAN Selmer, TN: Joyce Evelyn Rowland Whitman age 92 passed away October 12, 2020 at Lakewood Health & Rehabilitation in North Little Rock, AR. She was born January 21, 1928 in the Palestine Community of Chester County, the daughter of the late Thomas Newton and Annie Ethel Allison Rowland. She attended school at Woodville. She married Onsby Dewayne Whitman in 1946. They made their home in Memphis for thirteen years and had lived in Selmer most of their married life. While living in Selmer she worked at Brown Shoe Company, retiring in 1994. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Selmer. Mrs. Whitman is survived by her son, Terry Whitman and wife Kate of North Little Rock, AR; two grandchildren, Asa Whitman and Isaac Tucker and a sister, Reba Jean Cupples of Henderson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewayne Whitman, March 8, 2008; five brothers, Curtis Rowland, Romas Rowland, Marvin Rowland, Burl Rowland and Drew Rowland; three sisters, Clara Arnold, Nelda Ruth Talbert and Margaret Capps. Due to Covid 19 concerns, there will be no public services. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson 731-989-2421