Joy Katherine Burkhalter, 73, of Lumberton passed away on December 23, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 24, 2019, at Moore Funeral Home in Purvis from 1:30 p.m. until service time at 3:30 p.m. followed by burial in Union Grove Cemetery.

Mrs. Burkhalter was a member of Full Gospel Jesus Name Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harve and Sadie Mayes; her husband, Marcus T. Burkhalter; three sisters; one brother; two daughters, Janice C. Reid and Dana J. Reid; and one great-granddaughter, Roxanne Michelle Reid.

She is survived by two daughters, Katharene Fairley and Sadie Rena Walters; five grandchildren, Justin D. Ladner, Joe O. Fairley, III, James L. Ladner, Jr, Javas D. Walters, and Jared R. Walters; two great-grandchildren, Carmen P. Walters and Janice R. Ladner; two brothers, James Mayes and Hershel Mayes; and numerous nieces and nephews.