Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....JOYCE, JUDGE JOHN ROY May 5, 2017
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JUDGE JOHN ROY JOYCE

Judge John Joyce, 74, was born December 25, 1942, and passed away May 5, 2017, 
peacefully at home surrounded by family and close friends. Visitation will be 
held at First United Methodist Church, 3900 Loop Road, Monroe, LA., on Monday, 
May 8, 2017, at 12:30 PM until service time, followed by the funeral service at 
2:00 PM at First United Methodist Church, Monroe, LA with Reverends Lynn Malone 
and J. Roddy Taylor officiating. Burial will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park 
Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe, LA.

John served as a judge at the Fourth District Court for 20 years. John 
graduated from Neville High School in 1960. After high school, John attended 
Louisiana State University and then joined the United States Marine Corps from 
1963-1967. He then attended Louisiana State University where he earned his Ju
Juris Doctorate in law in 1970. He returned to Monroe in 1970, and practiced la
law until he was elected Fourth District judge in 1976. He was the first Fourth Di
District judge to have the honor as serving as the President of the Louisiana Ju
Judges Association. After retiring in 1996 from the bench, John continued to pr
practice law in Monroe and served as an Ad Hoc judge.

He was preceded in death by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Joyce and his 
granddaughter, Katie Joyce. Survivors include his wife, Sharon Bass Joyce; 
children, Judge Jeff Joyce and wife Kathryn, Jennifer Reddaway and husband 
Mark, Sharon Vinyard and husband Hershel, Shannon Garrett Gannon and husband 
Shawn; grandchildren, Lillie Joyce, Mary Helen Reddaway, Sara Reid and Thomas
Vinyard
Vinyard; Jordan and Jacob Roberts, Shelby and Gage Gannon; Sisters, Kay Joyce and 
and Janis Price and husband Hugh; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and clos
close friends.

All of those who ever came in contact with John "The Judge" can testify that he wa
was a very compassionate, loving, tender hearted man. A man of strong faith and a 
a deep love for his country. He had many loves first and foremost his family bu
but the LSU Tigers came in a very close second. He loved every Thursday going to
to the Warehouse for Tiger Lunch bunch and Sunday sitting on the first pew of ch
church singing the hymns.

Pallbearers, C.A. Lowe, Joey Grassi, Mario Leijo, Jordan Robert, Jacob Roberts, 
Thomas Vinyard, LaDarian Woods, Judge Fred Amman; Honorary Pallbearers: Bruce
McKeithen
McKeithen, Larry Arbour, Tom Allen, Daniel Parker, Chet Harrod and All present an
and former colleagues of the Fourth District Court and His numerous hunting and fi
fishing buddies.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital 
Neuroscience Institute www.lebonheur.org direct gift to "Neuro" and St. Jude 
Children's Research Hospital www.stjude.org/GiveThanks.



Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road

Monroe, LA

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