Helen Taylor Bennink

May 22, 2017

Helen “Joyce” Taylor Bennink, age 75, of Barrineau Park, FL, was called home Thursday, May 18, 2017. She was born May 28, 1941, in Pensacola, FL, to the late Brooks and Helen Taylor. Joyce graduated from Pensacola High School, class of 1959, before attending Asbury Methodist College. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pensacola. Joyce was a talented artist and member of the Art Study Club, Quayside Art Gallery and offered private art instruction. She is preceded in death by her parents.

Those left to cherish her memory are her devoted husband, Gary P. Bennink; and cherished daughter, Joy Bennink; siblings, Kenneth (Claire) Taylor, Anita (Richard) Joiner, Gerald (Patsy) Taylor and William Douglas Taylor; sister-in-law, Deanna Bennink Williams; and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, May, 26, 2017, at the First United Methodist Church, 6 E Wright St, Pensacola, FL 32501.

Donations in lieu of flowers are welcome in Joyce’s memory to the American Diabetes Association, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22202 or to Quayside Art Gallery, 17 E. Zaragoza St., Pensacola, FL 32501.

Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.

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