Obituary: Joyce Witherspoon
Monday, April 7, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
She is survived by seven sons, Jerry A. Bush of Oceanside, Calif., and Keenan Campbell, Harold D. Witherspoon Jr., William C. Huggins, Joseph Huggins Jr., Charles G. Huggins and Julian A. Huggins, all of Las Vegas; two daughters, Rochelle Wright of Pasadena, Calif., and Rose A. Huggins of Las Vegas; one brother, Wendell Campbell of Las Vegas; nine sisters, Augusta Garry, Ruby Johnson, Bevelyn Hall and Helen Madison, all of Las Vegas, Almary Booker of Sondheimer, Gayle Chambers of Houston, Brenda Campbell of San Antonio, Texas, Regina Leary of Cockesville, Md., and Marguarite Bousley of Phoenix, Ariz.; and nine grandchildren.
Visitation is scheduled from 4-9 p.m. Tuesday in American Burial and Cremation Services, 310 Foremaster Lane. Services will be noon Wednesday in the Greater New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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