Alice Joyce Nobles, age 85, of Prince Frederick, MD, passed away January 11, 2012 at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD. Joyce was born September 4, 1926 in Kinston, NC to John and Josephine (Tilghman) Gardner. She received her education in North Carolina public schools and attended Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, MD. She was employed as a subject cataloger with the Library of Congress, retiring in 1988. Joyce resided in Suitland until moving to Prince Frederick in 1996. She was a member of Pennsylvania Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. She was an avid reader and enjoyed making gourmet chocolates for her family and friends.
Joyce was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Johnny Ray Gardner. Surviving are her son Terry Nobles and his wife Betty of Dunkirk, MD, grandson David Nobles and his wife Jennifer of Huntingtown, a great-granddaughter Lexi Nobles and a great-grandson Chase Nobles, brothers Jesse Gardner and his wife Annie Mae of New Bern, NC, Joel Gardner and his wife Jessie of Vienna, VA, Jeffrie Gardner and his wife Sandra of New Bern, NC, sisters Jacqueline Willis of New Bern, NC, Jonquil Lanier of Chattanooga, TN, Joan Finch, Lansing, MI, Juliette Church and her husband Charles of Kirkland, WA, and numerous nieces and nephews.