Martha 'Joy' McGarvey

January 26, 2021 at 10:13 p.m.

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Martha “Joy” McGarvey, 84, of Tellico Village, Tenn., passed away Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn.

She was born Feb. 9, 1936, in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Paul and Mildred Ayres Hainline. She married Kenneth D. McGarvey on Sept. 8, 1956, in Dayton, Ohio. He survives.

She is also survived by four children: Philip (Patricia) McGarvey, of Loveland, Colo.; Timothy (Sharon) McGarvey, of Rushford, N.Y.; Sharon (Steve) Wheeler, of Midlothian, Va.; and Stephen (Jana) McGarvey, of Winter Park, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law: Doris Hainline and Rosemary Hainline; and many nieces, nephews and other extended family.

Joy graduated from Milton-Union High School, Ohio, and attended Taylor University, Upland. She was a homemaker, piano teacher and a helper of her husband in pastoral ministry, including music ministry playing piano and organ and singing solos and in choirs. Their ministries took place in churches in eight cities, including from 1984-2000 at First Baptist Church of Pierceton before retiring to Tellico Village, Loudon, Tenn.

The funeral service will be held at First Baptist Church of Tellico Village Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. The service will also be streamed live over the church’s website at fbctv.org.

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Memorials may be made in Joy’s memory to Our Place (ourplacetn.org), day center for Alzheimer’s/Dementia to be built later this year in Tellico Village.  



Martha “Joy” McGarvey, 84, of Tellico Village, Tenn., passed away Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn.

She was born Feb. 9, 1936, in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Paul and Mildred Ayres Hainline. She married Kenneth D. McGarvey on Sept. 8, 1956, in Dayton, Ohio. He survives.

She is also survived by four children: Philip (Patricia) McGarvey, of Loveland, Colo.; Timothy (Sharon) McGarvey, of Rushford, N.Y.; Sharon (Steve) Wheeler, of Midlothian, Va.; and Stephen (Jana) McGarvey, of Winter Park, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law: Doris Hainline and Rosemary Hainline; and many nieces, nephews and other extended family.

Joy graduated from Milton-Union High School, Ohio, and attended Taylor University, Upland. She was a homemaker, piano teacher and a helper of her husband in pastoral ministry, including music ministry playing piano and organ and singing solos and in choirs. Their ministries took place in churches in eight cities, including from 1984-2000 at First Baptist Church of Pierceton before retiring to Tellico Village, Loudon, Tenn.

The funeral service will be held at First Baptist Church of Tellico Village Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. The service will also be streamed live over the church’s website at fbctv.org.

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Memorials may be made in Joy’s memory to Our Place (ourplacetn.org), day center for Alzheimer’s/Dementia to be built later this year in Tellico Village.  



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