Joyce Smith Owens

Joyce Smith Owens obituary

Joyce Smith Owens

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Joyce Owens Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Usrey Brown Funeral Service on Dec. 5, 2025.
Joyce Smith Owens, 84, of Pell City, AL passed away at her home on Thursday, December 04, 2025. A funeral ceremony will be held in her honor at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, December 07, 2025, at Usrey Funeral Home of Talladega with Rick Collins officiating. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home for one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow directly after the ceremony at Pine Hill Memorial Park.

Mrs. Owens was a native of Georgia but spent most of her life in Talladega County, Alabama. She was a member of Cropwell Baptist Church. Joyce loved her flower garden, but she especially loved her children and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy C. Owens; son, Phillip Curtis Owens; parents, Jeff R. and Era T. Smith; brothers, J.C. Smith and Ralph Smith, and sisters, Evelyn Johnson and Nell Baumet.

Mrs. Owens is survived by her daughters, Kim O. Ledbetter (Rusty) and Jill McMichen; sisters, Carolyn Sanders and Eleanor Stokes; grandchildren, Jarred Crump (Tonya), Kendra Stallings (Kyle), Kayla Lauderdale (Josh), Logan McMichen (Sydney), and Kylie McMichen, and great-grandchildren, Mady, Kinley, Blakely, and Colson.

Kendra Stallings, Kyle Stallings, Kayla Lauderdale, Josh Lauderdale, Kylie McMichen, and Logan McMichen will serve as pallbearers.

Online condolences may be offered at www.usreyfuneralhome.com.

Usrey Funeral Home of Talladega is directing the services.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Usrey Brown Funeral Service

516 East North Street P.O. Box 299, Talladega, AL 35161

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Upcoming Events

Dec

7

Visitation

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Usrey Funeral Home

516 North Street, Talladega, AL 35160

Send Flowers

Dec

7

Service

2:00 p.m.

Usrey Funeral Home

516 North Street, Talladega, AL 35160

Send Flowers

Services provided by

Usrey Brown Funeral Service

Only 12 hours left for delivery to next service.