Ms. Joyce Diane Clay was born May 12, 1953 in Gilmer, Texas to the parents of McKinley (Jack) and Bobbie Ruth Louis.
Joyce attended school in Clarendon. She played basketball and ran track where she earned honors in both sports. She attended Clarendon Jr. College and later Howard Payne University and graduated with her Bachelor’s degree. While attending Howard Payne University, she met her husband, Chester Clay, Jr.
Joyce was baptized at an early age at St. Stephens Baptist Church by Rev. R. E. Manning in Clarendon. Later they move to Giddings, Texas and joined Concord Christian Center Church, Pastor Stanley Harris and was ordained as a Deaconess.
Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Clay, Jr., father McKinley Louis, a brother Merle Travis Louis.
Joyce leaves to cherish her memory a son Chaddric Darrell Clay of Giddings, mother Bobbie Ruth Louis of Clarendon, Texas, brothers: Odell Louis (Rose)of Albuquerque, New Mexico and John L. Louis of Clarendon, and Charles Morris Louis (Winnie) of Amarillo, a host of nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Services will be Friday, March 19, 2021, Viewing at 10:00 a.m. and Service at 11:00 a.m. at the Concord Christian Center Church, 588 N. Main St, Giddings, Texas 78942 and graveside at Resthaven Memorial Park in Corsicana, Texas.
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