Joyce Harvey

Joyce Cheatham Harvey, age 74, of Chester, VA, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2006. She was born in Campbell County, VA, the daughter of the late Thomas A. and Irene Jones Cheatham of Gladys, VA. Mrs. Harvey was a Graduate of Longwood University, and taught Business Education one year in Brookville High School, Lynchburg, VA. She also taught for one year at Meadowbrook High School, Chesterfield, VA, and for 33 years at Thomas Dale High School, Chester. She was selected Business Teacher of the Year in 1966 by the Richmond Area American Management Society. She was the Business Education Chairperson at Thomas Dale High School for 18 years and sponsored the National Honor Society for 10 years. She retired in 1992, and was a member of Chesterfield Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma Society, where she held numerous offices and committees. Mrs. Harvey was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Mr. John Hunter Harvey, Sr. She is survived by three children, John Harvey, Jr. and wife Diane and four children of Hanover, VA, Mary Beth Johnson and husband Matthew and two children of Chester, and Tom Harvey and three children of Boston, Ma; and three brothers, Melvin Cheatham and Gerald Cheatham, both of Campbell, County, VA, and Gary Cheatham of Lynchburg, VA. The Family will receive friends at the J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Chesterfield on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 4, 11:00 a.m. at the Chester United Methodist Church, Chester, VA. Interment will follow at 3:30 p.m. in the New Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Concord. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial contributions are made to the Chester United Methodist Building Fund, 12132 Percival St., Chester, VA 23831. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com