International Author Joyce Huggett's has died at the age of 79

Joyce Huggett was best known as the author of more than 40 books on a variety of themes ranging from relationships and sex to listening to God and other people, and was also a speaker, broadcaster and counsellor.

 

Joyce’s first book, Two into One, published by IVP in 1981 was aimed at people on the threshold of marriage, drawing on biblical principles and Joyce’s counselling experience. Other bestselling titles included Listening to God published by Hodder & Stoughton.

 

Born in Exeter, Joyce was the youngest of the three children of Fov and Win Duguid. While studying theology and history at Southampton University, Joyce met aeronautical engineer David Huggett and they married in 1960. David was later ordained into the Church of England.

 

In 1993 Joyce and David moved to Cyprus where they worked for a Christian mission agency and ran retreats for people living across the Middle East and beyond. They returned to England six years later and retired to Westbourne in 2004. As Joyce struggled increasingly with dementia, they moved back to Parkstone in 2013 and Joyce spent the last three years of her life in residential care. Her funeral service was held at St. John’s Church, Parkstone on 7 September.

 

Books available at CLC Bookshops by Joyce Huggett: