Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte was a quiet and private person, but she loved a good conversation and had an unpublished passion for charity. She also played a critical supporting role to her husband, the late president Hugh Desmond Hoyte throughout his political life.
This was how she was remembered yesterday and the quiet funeral service at St Andrew’s Kirk Presbyterian Church mirrored the solitude she embraced in her life, particularly after her husband died in 2002. Mrs Hoyte passed away on Monday and a small gathering of close relatives and friends turned out to pay their final respects.
Reflecting on her life, some recalled her grace and humility and others the passion she had for
