Joyce Money Kennamer (92) of Scottsboro, Alabama passed on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at Huntsville Hospital. She was born to the family home at the intersection of Kyle Street and Money Lane on February 22, 1931, to Judge James Morgan Money and his wife, Martha E. Robinson Money. She was the youngest of the nine Money children.
She attended public schools in Scottsboro and was a graduate of Jackson County High School. Choosing to ignore family precedent (all her siblings attended the University of Alabama) she enrolled in what is now the University of North Alabama where she met and married the love of her life, Alfred Julian Kennamer.
They married on December 17, 1950, in Scottsboro, shortly before he had to report for duty in the Korean War. She would joke that they spent their honeymoon in Florence (Alabama) taking semester exams.
She began working as a teacher, serving a year in the Scottsboro system teaching at Deans Chapel, Macedonia, Hollywood, Temperance Hill, and then for many years at Skyline. She was awarded the Jackson County Teacher of the Year Award twice and was nominated at State Teacher of the Year. Her former students’ number in the thousands.
She was devoted to her family both close and extended. She was proud of her children, Stephen, Ernie and Julie, her grandchildren, Georgia, Molly, Jamie, Morgan, Skyler, Ben, Chris, and Billy, as well as her great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, and cousins, of which there are too many to name.
She was involved in many activities and organizations during her life time. She was a founding member of the Scottsboro Woman’s League and active member Scottsboro’s First United Methodist Church where she served on the Church Council, as a Trustee, a member of the choir and a Record Secretary for the Church’s Charge Conference. She was very active in the United Methodist Women’s Organization and Church’s small group and pantry ministry. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) serving as a regent and in other capacities, and AAUW. She was and remained an unapologetic New Deal Democrat. (She often joked that she was more busy after she retired than she had been while working.) She was a longtime Member and Chairman of the Scottsboro Library Board and a longtime member and Chairman of the Scottsboro/Jackson County Heritage Center.
She is survived by her children, Stephen Kennamer, Ernie (Gretchen) Kennamer and Julie (Jimmy) Burks; her grandchildren Georgia Kennamer Boles, Molly Kennamer, Jamie (Justin) Stisher, Morgan (Greg) Yund, Skyler Kennamer, Ben Burks, Chris Burks, and Bill (Leslie) Messer, and her great grandchildren, Zanna Boles, George Boles, Jocelyn Boles, Jude Yund, Dakota Joyce Yund, Ryder Burks, Harper Stisher, and Alexis Burks and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Julian Kennamer, her parents, James Morgan Money and Martha C. Robinson Money; her siblings, Edith Money, Stella (Horace) Henshaw, James (Alethia) Money, Joe (Helen) Money, Mary Lou (Joe) Weaver, Clyde (Sybil) Money, Lloyd (Ilene) Money, and Evelyn Money Smith; her daughter-in-law Ann Dicus Kennamer and a great grandson, Kinsey Burks.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to The Scottsboro/Jackson County Heritage Center, The Scottsboro Public Library, The Scottsboro First Methodist Church, or the Kennamer Scholarship at Skyline School.
First Visitation: Rudder Funeral Home of Scottsboro, Saturday, April 1st, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Second Visitation: Scottsboro First United Methodist Church, Sunday, April 2nd, from 1:30 to 3:00 PM
Funeral: Scottsboro First United Methodist Church, Sunday, April 2nd, 3:00 PM
Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Online condolences and memories may be left for the family at www.rudderfuneralhomes.com
