Joy Chick

VISITATION
Thursday, August 7, 2025 From 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Meadows Funeral Home
760 HWY 11, SW
Monroe, Georgia 30655
Thursday, August 7, 2025 From 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Meadows Funeral Home
FUNERAL INFORMATION
Friday, August 8, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Chapel of Meadows Funeral Home
INTERMENT
Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
OBITUARY
Joy Elizabeth Ashe Chick, 64, passed
away from cancer on August 5, 2025, surrounded by her immediate
family in Athens, Georgia. Joy was born on April 7, 1961, and is the
youngest daughter of Eugene Emory Ashe and Betty Malcom Ashe of
Monroe, Georgia.
Growing
up, Joy resided at 429 Springdale Road in the Pollack subdivision and
attended the First Baptist Church. She attended the Monroe public
school system and graduated from Monroe Area Comprehensive High
School in 1979 as a member of the Spirit of America Club, Co-ed Y
Club, Interact Club, Anchor Club, and the Debutantes of Monroe. She
was the co-chair of her high school class 10-year reunion.
Joy
graduated from Georgia College in Milledgeville in 1983. She majored
in marketing and minored in fashion marketing at Georgia College and
worked her way through school at Harold's Bridal Shop, where she
learned to alter and make wedding gowns. After graduating from
college, Joy spent over 30 years in banking, sales, and insurance at
Decatur Federal Bank, Wachovia Bank, Mainstreet Bank, Minerva Beauty
Supply, and State Farm under agent Patti Souther.
Joy
was a talented and accomplished seamstress, co-writer and contributor
of numerous cookbooks, a talented guitarist, and an amazing singer.
She loved the beach, and she loved to cook and spend time in the
kitchen with her family. Her pride and joy were her two boys: Matthew
Bruce Chick and Michael Eugene Chick. In October 2024, Joy gained a
daughter when Matthew married Dr Annelise Norman of Lawrenceville,
Georgia. Joy took great pride in Matthew graduating from the
University of Georgia, then Georgia State Law School with a Juris
Doctor (JD) degree, and passing the Georgia Bar Exam. Her youngest
son, Michael, is a senior undergraduate student at the Georgia
Institute of Technology and plans to pursue a Master's degree in
architecture.
Joy
was smart with a quick sense of humor and dry wit. She was a devoted
and dedicated spouse, supporting her husband's military career of
nearly 33 years in the United States Army and the Georgia Army
National Guard. Joy's dedication and sacrifices allowed Colonel
(Ret.) Bruce Chick to coach and mentor thousands of family members
through numerous mobilizations, deployments, and combat tours.
Following Colonel Chick's retirement from the Army, Joy continued
supporting his efforts for the following 11 years at Social Circle
High School and the U.S. Army JROTC program, furthering the
educations and opportunities of hundreds of student-athletes.
Joy
was beautiful inside and out. She spent her life cultivating and
nurturing her family, always putting them before herself. Joy is
survived by her husband Bruce Chick, her oldest son Matthew Chick,
daughter-in-law Annelise Chick, her youngest son Michael Chick, her
older sister Judy A. Blackwell and her husband Bob Blackwell.
The
visitation for Joy will be held at Meadows Funeral Home on August 7,
2025, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM and 5:00 to 7:00 PM. A chapel service and
funeral will follow on August 8, 2025, at 1:00 PM, and she will be
laid to rest at Harmony Baptist Church in Good Hope, Georgia.
In
lieu of flowers please make a donation to The American Cancer Society
in Honor of Joy A. Chick.
"Houses
and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the
LORD." Proverbs 19:14