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JOY, Joyce
Born in Llano, Texas in 1930. Died in Tucson, October 29, 2021.
Raised in the Texas Hill Country, Joyce moved to Arizona at the age of 12 and lived in the Safford area. She moved to Globe-Miami in 1951 and lived there until 1960. In 1961 she met Jim Joy and married him. Because of Jim’s employment in the road construction industry, they lived across the state of Arizona when Jim worked building bridges and other concrete structures on Interstates 10, 40, and 19. She made a wonderful home for her family wherever they lived. From Fredonia to Prescott to Kingman, Flagstaff, Salome, Gila Bend, Buckeye, Tucson, Yuma and Gila Bend. In 1980 Joyce and Jim moved to northern New Mexico, built a house in the mountains northwest of Santa Fe, and lived there for five years. In 1985 they moved back to Arizona and again followed the construction’s wandering life. They retired in 1989 and built a house in Cordes Junction, but Jim died in February 1990. Joyce lived in Cordes Junction until 1994 when she moved to Tucson to live with her daughter Pat.
In the years that followed, Joyce and Pat traveled extensively across the United States, big fans of our beautiful national parks, and discovered their interest in presidential libraries. Over the years they visited the libraries of every President from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton. Few mothers and daughters enjoyed the deeply loving relationship Joyce and Pat had, which was always evident and only grew stronger over the years. Never one to say a bad word about anyone and always greet the joys and sorrows of life with an attitude of “doing what is necessary”, Joyce led and taught her by example. As her daughter, I will miss our daily laughter and being together. A mother to be proud of, I will always miss her, but carry on as she wanted.
Survived by daughter Pat Joy. Preceded in the death of husband Jim Joy; Mother Myrtle Callaway Wimberley and sister / cousins Lucille Hill, Cecelia Stewart, Josephine Maples and Jerry Crane. There are no services planned, a celebration of life will take place at a later date. Memories of the Southern Arizona Community Food Bank. Arrangements by DESERT ROSE HEATHER.
Published by Arizona Daily Star on November 7, 2021.
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