Mrs. Joyce Day Woodard
Mrs. Joyce Day Woodard of the Brooks Bend Community in Jackson County was received into the arms of her Lord and Savior at 9:05 p.m. Sunday evening October 25, 2026 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center where she was admitted earlier that day. Mrs. Woodard was 90 years of age.
Bro. Tim Frank will officiate at the 11 a.m. Wednesday morning October 28th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Day family lot in section three of the Ridgewood Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday at Sanderson in Carthage from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. and again on Wednesday after 9 a.m.
Mrs. Woodard was born Ina Joyce Day on June 17, 1936 and was reared on Main Street in Carthage and was one of six children, five daughters and a son of the late William Clarene “Pet” Day who died January 19, 1991 at the age of 82 and Pearlie Lynn Clemons Day who died August 15, 1953 at the age of 44.
Three sisters preceded her in death, Leila Belle Day Proffitt who died April 20, 2008 at the age of 80, Rose Day Palmer, and Mildred Ann Day Browne who died May 9, 2019 at the age of 85.
She was a 1954 graduate of Smith County High School where she was a member of the Latin Club, Record Club, Spanish Club, and F.H.A. Club for three years. Her senior year she was a member of the Black & Gold Paper Staff. She was also a member of the Glee and Music Clubs.
Mrs. Woodard was united in marriage at the First Baptist Carthage parsonage on October 7, 1956 to Brooks Bend Community native Glendon (Woody) Woodard.
Mrs. Woodard was saved as a teenager and was united with First Baptist Church Carthage where she remained a faithful member in her attendance as long as health permitted.
She was retired from the Metro Nashville-Davidson County Board of Education in the Special Education Department.
Surviving in addition to her husband Glendon of just over seventy years is their daughter, Michele Woodard Harper and husband Robert of the Brooks Bend Community; two granddaughters, Jennifer Teague and husband Jerry Don Teague Jr., Candice Harper all of the Brooks Bend Community; nine great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Cooper and husband Stephen, Lane Teague all of the Brooks Bend Community; Caleb Teague and wife Emily of Gallatin, Gabreil, Braden, Tyler, and Trasen Teague, Alexis and Savanah Harper ; two great-great-grandchildren, Rhys and Augustus (Gus) Teague all of the Brooks Bend Community; sister, Linda Day McClanahan of Murfreesboro, brother, William Thomas Day of Lebanon.
The Family requests memorials to the Gene Butler Cemetery Mowing Fund.
Pallbearers: Gabriel, Tyler, Caleb, & Trasen Teague, Robert Todd, and Dylan Crowley.
