Joyce Hearn | |
Office: | Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 76th district |
Term Start: | 1975 |
Term End: | 1990 |
Preceded: | John Hancock LaFitte Jr. |
Succeeded: | Jim Harrison |
Birth Name: | Joyce Carolyn Camp |
Birth Date: | 16 June 1929 |
Birth Place: | Cedartown, Georgia |
Death Place: | Columbia, South Carolina |
Party: | Republican |
Occupation: | businesswoman, educator |
Spouse: | Thomas Harry Hearn |
Children: | three daughters |
Alma Mater: | Ohio State University |
Joyce Carolyn Hearn (née Camp; June 16, 1929 – January 20, 2021) was an American politician in the state of South Carolina. She served in the South Carolina House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party from 1975 to 1990, representing Richland County, South Carolina. She was a businesswoman and educator.[1]
Hearn was born in Cedartown, Georgia. She went to the University of West Georgia and University of Georgia. Hearn graduated from Ohio State University. She taught at the Eau Claire High School in Columbia, South Carolina.[2]