Wife of Wake assistant hoops coach dies of cancer
Joyce Vaughn Battle, the wife of Wake Forest associate basketball coach Jeff Battle, died Wednesday from lung cancer, the school announced. She was 44.
"Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with Jeff and Jordan and their family,” Ron Wellman, the school's athletics director, said. "Joyce was an exceptional person who lived her life with a tremendous amount of dignity. She showed remarkable strength throughout her ordeal. The tremendous example she set during this fight was inspirational to everyone who knew her.”
Joyce Battle was an All-CIAA player at Fayetteville State in the 1980s. After a brief stint as a professional player, she entered coaching at Delaware State, where she and Jeff Battle met.
They were married in 1992 and have a 14-year-old son, Jordan.
A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday in Wait Chapel on the Wake campus.
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