Joyce Wimp Wooden

1940 - 2021

Joyce Wimp Wooden went peacefully to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, surrounded by her family.

Joyce was born Sept. 15, 1940, in Eastview, to the late Ernest Nichols and Calvery Lewis. Her beloved grandmother Zula "Grannie" Goodman helped raise her. In 1956, she married Jimmy Wimp and they made their home and raised their two sons on the family farm in Cecilia, where she continued to reside for the remainder of her life.

She was a member of Memorial United Methodist Church and the Seekers Sunday School Class and previously was a member of Cecilia United Methodist Church.

She was a member and past worthy matron of the Eastern Star at Stephensburg Lodge No. 212. She was a past president of the 17th district and Howevalley PTA, past member of Hardin County Fair Squares and Bear Tracks and was actively involved in the Cecilia community.

She was preceded in death by her first husband and father of her children, James E. "Jimmy" Wimp; her parents, Ernest Nichols and Calvery Lewis; and a brother, Wilbur Nichols.

Survivors include her husband, Raymond Gerald Wooden of Cecilia; her two sons, James Wimp (Iva) of Vine Grove and Mike Wimp (Cindy) of Cecilia; four grandchildren, Cory (Stephanie) Wimp, Shanda (Doug) Huckleby, Craig (Michelle) Wimp and Kyle (Maggie) Wimp; six great-grandchildren, Landon Wimp, Gauge Wimp, Maci Wimp, Teagan Wimp, Bently Wimp and Darin Wimp; two brothers, Wilie Nichols and Ronnie Nichols; six stepchildren, Gerald Wooden, Judy Kerr, Gail Gribbins, Beverly Lucas, Rhonda Rentas and Sherry Wooden; a special sister-in-law, Iva Lee Yates Saltsman; a special niece, Betty Horton; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family and friends.

The funeral is at 2 p.m. Friday, July 9, at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown with the Rev. Don Cox officiating. Burial follows in Hardin Memorial Park.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and continue at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to The Seekers Sunday School Class of Memorial United Methodist Church, 631 North Miles Street, Elizabethtown, KY 42701.