Birth date: Feb 22, 1931 Death date: Mar 29, 2023
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 Mo Read Obituary
Mrs.K was a special lady and wonderful teacher.I have four sisters and six brothers and I think she taught each one of us at some point in school.She always made an impact on the lives of all her students.She will be missed greatly.
We are saddened by the news of Mrs K's passing. She and Mr. K were great examples of societal pillars. She taught us if we didn't vote we had no right to criticize. I fell in love at a very early age (started in Mr. K's 9th grade biology class) and got married in January of my senior year of high school. She didn't approve at all, but she still came to our wedding and brought a small gift. She gave a test while we were on our honeymoon I think just for me (she wouldn't let me make it up since I had an unexcused absence). At the end of the grade period I had a lower grade average than I had at any point of her class (due mainly to that one test I think), but she handed me my grade report and said, "You may have been doing your 'homework', but you weren't doing your homework!). She still loved me and I loved her. I was still able to work a full time job and graduate with my BETA honors in tact. :) I may not have been all she aspired me to be, but I think she came to appreciate the man I became. Part of that definitely sprung from her teaching (in class and beyond). She will always be great in my eyes. May God bless and comfort you all. Rodney Stephens, Class of '86 Skyline High School
An icon. A pillar of the Skyline and Scottsboro communities. I have heard these words to describe Mrs. Kennamer, but she was more than that...she loved her students, her community, and her family. She changed our world for the better and gave many of us the inspiration to achieve and be the best people we can be. People like her can't really be replaced, but we can all aspire to pay it forward - to live a life of integrity, service and love to our fellow humans. Rest in peace, Mrs. Kennamer - you have been a good and faithful servant.
Mrs. K was like a 2nd mother to me. I will never forget her. So many things she taught me about history and about life. She used to tell me that I should be in the Guinness book of world records for butchering the English language with that smirk on her face. She came to my wedding and told me I better be good to that girl because she only comes to the first one. Again with a smirk. She also taught me what a “yellow dog Democrat” was. She once told me she would kill me if there wasn’t witnesses around because she’d asked for our help for a political candidate she was campaigning for, we were 17 and couldn’t vote, so I brought her a truck full of signs to school of the opponent I’d gathered from the side of the road. She made me go put them all back after she told me I’d one day either be president or in prison and laughed. What a lady. The world is a lesser place without her. RIP Mrs K. I sure did love you.
I was truly saddened to hear of Mrs. K’s passing, she and Mr. K have always been positive influences in my life.I learned so much from them both, as one will from good teachers. They cared deeply about their students and showed us they cared. Even when Mrs. K was to the point of past going herself she would be there if she heard about our loved ones passing. It’s been 50 years since I was in Mr. K’s 6th grade class and 45 years since I was in Mrs. K’s 12th grade class, but I can still distinctly remember things they taught me. On a funny note Mr. K told us one day that if we wanted to show our ignorance to call desks “deskes.” Years later I would remind him of this when I would see him out and say thank you for telling us that, I don’t say “deskes”.He would always laugh and say “you’re welcome.” I hope to be at visitation tonight for their children as the Kennamer’s have always been for me. God bless. Wanda McLain ‘78
she was my teacher at Temperance Hill and i will miss her and going to get her and bring her to our Temperance Hill Reuion where she saw some of her student
