SEPTEMBER 2, 1931 – JULY 10, 2024

POUND, VA – Joyce Ann Adams Varner Reed passed away Wednesday at her home

after a period of declining health. She was preceded in death by her parents, Malcolm

Adams and Mary Jeanette Mullins Adams; brothers James Eual Adams and Wayburn

Adams; sisters Evelyn Sartain and Johnnie Ruth Maggard; her first husband Billy R.

Varner; daughter Donna Joyce Varner; and her second husband, Jesse Reed.

She is survived by her two sons, Gary Varner and his wife Geneva, and Bill Varner

and his wife Marla; daughter Sandy Hubbard; grandchildren, Susanna Taylor and her husband Robert, Jessica Reeves, Melody Cantrell and her husband Larry, Jennifer Clevinger and her husband Johnathan, and Donna Litton and her husband Chris; and great-grandchildren Taylor Sanders, Jordan Sanders, Jillian Taylor, Gray Cantrell, Marshall Cantrell, Averie Reeves, Sydney Reeves, Austin Clevinger and Logan Clevinger.

Joyce graduated from Christopher Gist High School in 1950. She loved sharing stories

about her childhood in Pound, especially her time at her grandparents John Henry and

Belle Adams Hayes's home. She reminisced about playing in the apple orchard above

their two-story house downtown. Joyce also spent part of her childhood and young

adult years in Chicago, where she fondly remembered dancing, riding the train daily,

and walking several blocks to her job at the telephone company.

After marrying and starting a family, Joyce and her family moved to Manassas,

Virginia, until the late 1960s, eventually settling back in Pound. Following the death

of her first husband, she remarried and lived in Payne Gap, Kentucky until her second

husband passed away, after which she returned to downtown Pound.

Joyce enjoyed cooking for her family, visiting the gym in Norton three times a week, and dining at her favorite restaurants. She especially loved the Pound Christmas parade, where the family would gather at her apartment on Main Street to watch the festivities.

In accordance with her wishes, Joyce will be cremated, and a private service will be

held at a later date. The family extend their heartfelt thanks to the Pound Rescue Squad

and Baker Funeral Home for their dedicated service.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks the donations be made to the Pound Rescue Squad at: P O Box 711, Pound, VA 24279.

Baker Funeral Home-Pound, VA is serving the family of Joyce Varner Reed.