Joyce Elaine Dickerson age 78 of Hermitage, TN died on Wednesday January 30, 2013 at the Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, TN. Joyce was born the daughter of Sam and Elva (De Moss) Temple in Nashville, TN. on September 28, 1934. She was preceded in death by her father Sam B. Temple, husband Joel Anderson Dickerson, sons Joel Anderson Dickerson, ll and Joseph Adam Dickerson, brother Sam Temple and grandson Aaron Ray Miller. She is survived by her mother Elva (De Moss) Temple of Dickson, TN, daughter Sherrian (Joseph) Walker, brothers Herschel, Herman, William, Robert Taylor, and Horace J. Temple all of Nashville, TN and Wayne "Lardy" Temple of Pleasant View, TN., sisters Lori Matthews of Dickson, TN, and Sarah Ann Smith of Cuba Landing, TN. Joyce had five grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Graveside funeral will be held at 11:00am at the Harpeth Hills Cemetery on Hwy. 100 on Friday February 1, 2013. Arrangements by the BOYD FUNERAL HOME 615-792-4677 boydfh.com