The Executive Director of the LeMoyne Center in Washington has died. Joyce Ellis was a lifelong resident of Washington and was well known throughout the area for her entrepreneurial drive, propelling her successful dance studios, and her charitable zeal in resurrecting the abandoned LeMoyne Community Center beginning in 2007. Board members from the center say the facility was a shell of what it had once been and was considered for demolition. They say Joyce applied her grit and determination to continue to overcome obstacles, major and minor, to not only bring the center back to life, but take it into new programs of community outreach. Ellis died Wednesday and friends and elected officials are remembering her tireless community service. Ellis was also a motivational speaker and the owner of the former Joyce Ellis Dancers. According to a release from the LeMoyne Centers Board of Directors, due to COVID-19 restrictions, any in-person remembrance will be deferred until an appropriate “Celebration of Life” event can be held later in 2021. To ensure Joyce’s legacy continues into the future, the Board has named Linda Harris as the Interim Executive Director.