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Joyce Lucille Gray was born June 25, 1958 in Athens, Alabama to E.M. and Evelyn Scott Dye.
She started her life very quickly with the love of her life. She married David L. Gray on February 1, 1974. They started their life in Jackson, Mississippi and their first daughter was born in February on 1975. They loved having a beautiful baby girl so they decided to have another child in 1978 their first son, and quickly decided they needed another girl 15 months later. She was a great mother, wife, grandmother, and great grandmother. Simply put her passion was her family.
In 1991 David and Joyce took a big leap and moved to Missouri to be closer to her family. They moved to Butler, Missouri in 1994 where she became a property manager. Joyce was not just a property manager she would become friends and develop lasting friendships with so many of her tenants. She touched so many people in need and would do anything within her power to make sure they were all taken care of.
Joyce will always be remembered for being a caring, kind, and loving person. So many times she put others before herself.
She was preceded in death by her mother Evelyn, father Esry, brother Joe, and her dearest friend Dorothy.
Joyce in survived by her husband David L. Gray, three children Teresa F. Falkner husband Bret Falkner, David L. Gray Jr. wife Hope Gray, Angela M. Rusher, nine grandchildren Austin Philipsheck wife Alisha Philipsheck, Chesnea Philipsheck, Bailey Lowe, Jeffery Harrill, Cody Harrill, Connor Rusher, Elijah Gray, and Keyra Gray, four great grandchildren Layton, Greyson, Kimber, Mallory, and Raelynn, two sisters Sheila Hatten, and Ann Burkes, one brother Charles Dye, and so many more.
Joyce Lucille Gray was born June 25, 1958 in Athens, Alabama to E.M. and Evelyn Scott Dye.
She started her life very quickly with the love of her life. She married David L. Gray on February 1, 1974. They started their life in Jackson, Mississippi and their first daughter was born in February on 1975. They loved having a beautiful baby girl so they decided to have another child in 1978 their first son, and quickly decided they needed another girl 15 months later. She was a great mother, wife, grandmother, and great grandmother. Simply put her passion was her family.
In 1991 David and Joyce took a big leap and moved to Missouri to be closer to her family. They moved to Butler, Missouri in 1994 where she became a property manager. Joyce was not just a property manager she would become friends and develop lasting friendships with so many of her tenants. She touched so many people in need and would do anything within her power to make sure they were all taken care of.
Joyce will always be remembered for being a caring, kind, and loving person. So many times she put others before herself.
She was preceded in death by her mother Evelyn, father Esry, brother Joe, and her dearest friend Dorothy.
Joyce in survived by her husband David L. Gray, three children Teresa F. Falkner husband Bret Falkner, David L. Gray Jr. wife Hope Gray, Angela M. Rusher, nine grandchildren Austin Philipsheck wife Alisha Philipsheck, Chesnea Philipsheck, Bailey Lowe, Jeffery Harrill, Cody Harrill, Connor Rusher, Elijah Gray, and Keyra Gray, four great grandchildren Layton, Greyson, Kimber, Mallory, and Raelynn, two sisters Sheila Hatten, and Ann Burkes, one brother Charles Dye, and so many more.
