Joyce is preceded in death by her son, Stephen Kennedy; parents: Buck and Jodie McCormick; and three sisters: Mildred, Yvonne, and Shelley.
Joyce is survived by her husband of 63 years, James Kennedy; children: Vickie Owen and husband Doug, Lisa King and husband, Alfie; sisters: Glenda Redding and Sandra Milner; grandchildren: Joshua Owen, Brandon Owen, Douglas Owen, Jr., and Heather Moseley; great grandchildren: Silas Moseley, Dylan Moseley, Nevaeh Goodrich, Joseph Goodrich, Rayelynne Owen, Brody Owen; cousins: Vance and Odessa Benthal, and numerous nieces and nephews.
