Joyce Parmer Cole, age 79, of Roanoke, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2022, at University Hospital in Birmingham.

The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 4:00 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. 

Survivors include one daughter, Stephanie Shumpert (Jim) of Auburn; one son, Pace Cole (Kandy) of Oneonta; three grandchildren, Charles Oakley Shumpert, Madison Alea Cole and Emma Grace Cole; sister-in-law, Diane Parmer of Roanoke; brother-in-law, Tyre Cole of Roanoke; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Randolph County native, Mrs. Cole was born May 8, 1943, the daughter of Walter Lee and Ruby O. V. Weldon Parmer.  She was a member of Community Life Church and had retired from Roanoke City School system after 25 years of teaching, with most of her career as a third-grade teacher at Knight Enloe Elementary School.  She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Steve Cole; two brothers, Jerry Parmer and C. L. Parmer; two sisters-in-law, Vicky Louise Cole and Jeanette Parmer.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Community Life Church (c/o Quattlebaum Funeral Home, 319 College Street, Roanoke, AL 36274).