Mrs. Joyce Ann Gilmer, 71, of Terry, MS passed away on October 11, 2019 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Funeral services will be held at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram, MS. Visitation will be Sunday, October 13, 2019 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm and Monday, October 14, 2019 from 10:00am - 11:00am. The funeral service will follow at 11:00am. Joyce was born on September 6, 1948 to the late George and Bernice Thornton, in Utica, MS. After graduating from Central High School in 1966 she married her high school sweetheart and husband of 52 years, Percy Gilmer. She was a member of Florence Assembly of God in Florence, MS. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Dorothy Presley, and her brothers Frank and Allen Thornton. She is survived by her husband, her son Charles Gilmer, her daughter Shannon Greer (Bill), her grandchildren Somer Durr (William), Brooks Warren, Parkes Greer, Anna Kate, Maddie Grace, and Zach Gilmer, her great- grandchildren Holden and Haleigh Bruce, her sister Vicki Childs (Alton), her brother Robert Thornton (Tammy), her sister-in-law Tenny Thornton, her brother-in-law James Gilmer, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.