Virginia Ruth Crisp Brown

November 28, 1931 ~ October 26, 2020

Ruth Joyner Crisp Brown
November 28, 1931 – October 26, 2020
ROCKY MOUNT – Ruth Joyner Crisp Brown, age 88, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2020. Born in Nash County, NC on November 28, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Frank Russell Joyner and Daisy Mae Cockrell Joyner. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Roland Lee Crisp and Frank Linwood Brown; her sisters, Nettie Mae Batchelor, Dorothy Marie Joyner and Lorine Batchelor; and her brothers, Harold Raymond Joyner and Lester Earl Joyner.

Ruth loved her family dearly and she was loved dearly, she will be missed by everyone that knew her. She never met a stranger; she would embrace and get to know everyone she came in contact with. Ruth believed in hard work and never wasting time, she would always cook and feed any and everybody, always wanting to give her best to all she knew. Ruth loved the Lord and everyone she met through him. Her church family at Temperance Hall Methodist Church was a very important part of her life. She enjoyed participating in activities and fundraisers, she was best known for her knitted and handcrafted items as well as her baked goods. She always donated to the church’s well known and cherished ‘Harvest Sale’.

Ruth is survived by sister, Lynette J. Cockrell and husband, Jack, of Rocky Mount; her brothers, William David Joyner and his wife, Doris of Rocky Mount, Frank Junior Joyner and Jimmie Rae Joyner both of Rocky Mount; special nieces and caregivers, Betty R. Smith and her husband, Bob, and Phyllis Leonard of Rocky Mount; her sister-in-law, Edith J. Phillips of Rocky Mount; her brother-in-law, Bruce Batchelor of Tarboro; and many nieces and nephews.

A Graveside Service will be held on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Rocky Mount Memorial Park with Rev. Jesse Baker officiating.

The family would like to say a special thanks to Ruth’s caregivers at Autumn Care of Nash.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made in Ruth’s memory to Temperance Hall Methodist Church, 3834 Temperance Hall Rd., Pinetops, NC 27864.

Arrangements entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 661 English Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.johnsonfuneralsandcremations.com.