Mrs. Joyce Bass Gainous, age 92, a resident of Dothan, died on Saturday March 29, 2025, at Wesley Place in Dothan.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday April 2, 2025, at Memory Hill Cemetery with Reverend’s Paul Edenfield and Billy Rich officiating and Glover Funeral Home directing.
The family will visit with friends following services at the cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to church or charity of one’s choice.
Mrs. Gainous was born on November 1, 1932, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the daughter of Harold Linwood Bass and Ruby Maxine Wester Bass. Her early years were spent in North Carolina, later moving to Orlando, Florida then to Dothan, Alabama in 1973. Mrs. Gainous was a 1950 Graduate of Benvenue High School in North Carolina and attended BBI in Graceville for two years. She worked as a Head Teller and retired with Wells Fargo. Mrs. Gainous was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Dothan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Gainous, Sr.; son-in-law, Danny Parris and daughter-in-law, Patti Gainous.
Survivors include: two daughters, Susan Hicks (Steve), Dothan; Pamela Parris, Huntsville; a son, Robbie Gainous, Dothan; 4 grandchildren, Joshua S. Parris (Priscilla), Huntsville; Dr. Jamison Hicks (Jessica), Dothan; Whitney Parris, Ozark and Addison Colby Gainous, Dothan; 4 great-grandchildren and extended family members in North Carolina.
Pallbearers will be: Steven Hicks, Joshua Parris, Dr. Jamison Hicks, and Addison Colby Gainous.
Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
