Joyce Virginia Deeds, daughter of Bill Hawkins and Nettie (Cunningham) White, was born December 18, 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri. She departed this life Sunday July 29, 2012 at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, following a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 57 years, 7 months, and 11 days of age.
Joyce spent her early childhood near Parma, Idaho where she developed a life long love for the mountains before returning to the Ozarks with her family. In June of 2012 she was able to return to her childhood home.
Joyce was united in marriage to Ronald Allen Deeds on May 21, 1977 in Mountain Grove, Missouri and to this union three children were born. She was a devoted wife and mother always placing the needs of others above her own.
She was an active member of Mountain Valley Church where she was the youth Sunday school teacher for many years. Joyce was also known for all the holiday decorations and arrangements that she made.
Her love of helping people inspired her to pursue a career in nursing. Following the close of the shoe factory she earned her associates degree in nursing through Missouri State University, West Plains. She worked as a Registered Nurse at Texas County Memorial Hospital for the past 13 years. For outstanding service above and beyond Joyce was awarded Nurse of the Year for 2012. She has even gone as far as milking a goat for one of her patients and decorating the home of a patient whose wife had passed away.
Joyce was preceded in death by her father and an infant sister: Janet.
She is survived by her husband: Ron; her children: Kristen Mitchell and her husband, Clint, of Springfield, Missouri, Shawna Plummer and her husband, Jason, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, and Corey Deeds and his fiancé, Chelsie Moore, of Mountain Grove, Missouri; one grandchild: Katelyn Mitchell; her mother; four sisters; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral Service:
Wednesday
Visitation:
Tuesday, July 31st
Memorial Contributions:
The Gideons c/o the funeral home.
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