Joyce Hearn

{{Short description|American politician (1929–2021)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name =Joyce Hearn

|image =

|image_size=180px

|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 = {{birth date|1929|6|16}}

|birth_place =Cedartown, Georgia

|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|20|1929|06|16}}

|death_place =Columbia, South Carolina

|party =Republican

|occupation=businesswoman, educator

|spouse =Thomas Harry Hearn

|children =three daughters

|relations=

|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.[http://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0809090812&session=106 South Carolina Legislature-Joyce C. Hearn]

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.[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestate/obituary.aspx?pid=197573509 Joyce C. Hearn-obituary]