<!-- FH = Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home -->Joyce Tilley FoxBurnsville - Joyce Tilley Fox, 80, of Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, May 12, 2011, at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Dora Sparks Tilley. She was the wife of Jess Fox who died in 2007. Joyce retired after spending 33 years teaching at Clearmont Elementary School. She was a Carolina Tar Heel fan.Surviving are two daughters, Pam Donnahoo and husband, Charles, of Micaville, and Sue Pittman and husband, Gerald, of Burnsville; grandchildren, Shanna Winters and husband, Jeremy, of Burnsville, Chad Donnahoo of Weaverville and Zachary Pittman of Burnsville; step grandson, Tony Pittman and wife, Laura, of Spruce Pine; two step great grandchildren; a brother, Jim Tilley and wife, Dorothy, of Forest City; and sisters-in-law, Jackie Wilson of Burnsville and Nina Higgins and husband, Sam, of Green Mountain. Several nieces and nephews also survive.Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Covy Rock FWB Church, of which she was a member. The Revs. Randy Laws and Russell Hughes will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Horton Hill. Deacons will serve as pallbearers.The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the church.Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home is assisting the Fox family.To view this obituary online or send a condolence visit www.holcombebrothers.com