Joyce Gibson

A celebration of life for Joyce Marie Gibson, 87, is scheduled for Saturday, May 16, at 1:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of First Baptist Church, Deer Park, Texas, with Dr. Jimmie Nelson officiating. She peacefully passed from this life on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Allen, Texas. Joyce was born in Limestone County, TX, on October 19,1927 to Joe and Fay Bullock and was preceded in death byher parents, her husband Frank, her brothers Garland, John Earl, and Don. She is survived by a brother Joe, and wife Doris, three sons and their spouses; John and wife Linda, Matt and wife Paula, and Anthony and wife Carren, as well as four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Joyce grew up in Milano, Texas and graduated from Milano High School. She earned a degree from Mary Hardin Baylor and began her teaching career in Moulton, where she met her husband. She and Frank moved to Deer Park in the early 1950s. Joyce was a long time teacher at San Jacinto Elementary school and a Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church in Deer Park. She continued to teach after retirement: in Milano, Mexico, and Taiwan. In 2002, she was Deer Park Chamber of Commerce Female Lay Person of the Year which recognizes citizens who provide teaching of faith and use it to help others outside religious structures such as homes, schools, or at work. Joyce loved the Lord, her family, and teaching others. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to: BMAA, P.O.Box 878, Conway, AK 72033-0878. Contributions should denote "love offering for Good Samaritan Clinic, Mexico via Dr. John Ladd".