04/12/2024
Joyce Ann Walker Reaves, age 89, of Center, Texas entered intorest on April 6, 2024.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Earthman Resthaven Funeral Home, Houston, Texas. Officiating the services will be Bro. Don Chumley of Spring Hill Baptist Church. Interment will follow the service at Brookside Memorial Park in Houston.
A visitation for family and friends will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 11 a.m. until the time of service.
Joyce was born in Sherman, Texas, on July 25, 1934, to Joseph Eugene Walker and Sybil Clark Walker. She attended schools in San Antonio and Houston. She married Fred Reaves at the age of 17 years and dedicated her life to their two daughters, Linda Joyce Reaves and JoAnna Reaves. She was a resident of Houston, Texas for many years as well as Marble Falls, Texas. Joyce loved being with her family more than anything, and in later years she enjoyed her life on the farm in Center. Joyce always had compassion for the less fortunate and a heart for animals. She and Fred shared a passion for the great outdoors with adventures in traveling, camping, and boating. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Hempstead, Texas. Following her move to Center, she faithfully attended Spring Hill Baptist Church, Martinsville, Texas.
Left to cherish her memories are:
Daughter, Linda Joyce Gilliam
Daughter and son-in-law, JoAnna and David Martin
Grandchildren:
Christopher Phipps, and wife, Shanna
John Marcus Gilliam, and wife, Sara
Johna Childress Underwood, and husband, Joe
Lindsay Kae Gilliam
Great-grandchildren:
Austin Phipps
Daniel Phipps
Baili Proffit
Jace Gilliam
Lilly Gilliam
Andrew Underwood
Sarah Underwood
Jordan Underwood
A host of family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Fred Maxwell Reaves; parents, Joseph and Sybil Walker; brother, Joe Rogers Walker; sister and brother-in-law, Patricia and Kelly Richardson; and nephew, Steven Richardson.
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