Joyce Ann (Parsons) Kemp
October 10, 1937 — April 2, 2015
Bridgeport ~ Joyce Ann Parsons Kemp, 77, a homemaker, went to be with our Lord Thursday, April 2, 2015 in Bridgeport.
Funeral is 4:00 p.m. Sunday, April 5, 2015 at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with burial in East Bridgeport Cemetery. Family will receive friends 4-6 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Rev. Jon Story will officiate. Pallbearers include Billy Story, Scotty Story, Michael Cheves, Travis Kemp, Chad Wolfe, and Taylor Story. Honorary pallbearers are Bobby Van Hoose, Michael Cheves II, Joseph Sutton, Brandon Carter and David Story.
Joyce was born on October 10, 1937 to Thurman and Gwen (McDaniel) Parsons in Bridgeport. She was united in marriage to Jerry Kemp on November 8, 1974 in Ryan, Oklahoma. Joyce was member of the Bible Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Saundra Ramirez; her daughter, Carolyn Cheves; and her granddaughter, Dawn Leann Story.
Those left behind to cherish her memory are her husband of 40 years, Jerry Kemp of Bridgport; her sons, Rayford Story and wife Deborah of Bridgeport, Buddy Story of Bridgeport, Jerry Russell and wife Becky of McKinney; her daughter, Elisa Van Hoose and husband Bobby of Bridgeport; 19 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren; her brother, Thurman Butch Parsons of Nocona; her sister, Martha Mask and husband Wayne of Bridgeport; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other family members and a host of friends.
Hawkins Funeral Home, Bridgeport, Texas, 940-683-2211
www.hawkinsfuneralhome.com