Eddy Co. NM - OBIT:  Trueman D. Joy

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From: patti pennington <patti_p_99@yahoo.com>
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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - November 4, 1999

JOY
Services are November 6, at 8th & Grand Church of Christ for
Trueman D. Joy of 1706 E. Main, Artesia, NM.  Joy, 80, died on
November 3 at Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad, NM.  Interment
will follow at Woodbine Cemetery.  He was born on June 8, 1919,
in Doole, Tex., to James Francis Joy and Sara Elizabeth (Williams)
Joy.  He married Dorothy Elizabeth Vogel on February 17, 1943, in
Artesia.  He served in the US Army during WWII and was a prisoner
of war in Germany.  He was a member of 8th & Grand Church of Christ
in Artesia.  Survivors include his wife Dorothy Joy of Lakeview
Christian Home in Carlsbad; daughters Marlyn J. Hair, husband
Alan, of Bangs, Tex., and Carla Bratcher, husband Kenneth, of
Artesia; sons Jimmie Joy, wife Kaye, of Roscoe, Tex., Jack Joy
wife Diana, of Artesia, and Johnny Joy, wife Michelle K., of
Lake Arthur; brother J.B. Joy of San Angelo, Tex.; 17 grandchildren;
and three great-granchildren.  He was preceded in death by a
grandaughter, Kristel Verette.