Joyce was born April 11, 1936 in Pasadena, California. She is the daughter of George P. Fleming and Alyce Truitt Fleming. She was raised in Southern California and graduated from Highland School of Nursing in Oakland, California as a Registered Nurse. Joyce married Lee Roy Rutledge who was employed by the National Park Service. Together with their daughters, they traveled and lived in many National Parks throughout the United States where Joyce continued her nursing career in nearby local hospitals.
Lee Roy retired in 1976 and they moved to Marathon, Texas. Joyce was a night supervisor at the Big Bend Memorial Hospital in Alpine, Texas. She retired in 1998. When Lee Roy passed away in 2006, Joyce moved to El Dorado to be near her daughter Linda and family. Her faith in Christ led her to join First United Methodist Church in El Dorado where she very much enjoyed various church activities and missions. Joyce loved traveling, gardening and crafting.
Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and brother-in-law, Bunkie Rutledge.
She is survived by her daughters, Marianne Rutledge of Plano, Texas and Linda Anderson (Alan) of El Dorado, Arkansas, brother, George Phillip Fleming (Gay Lynn) of Far West, Utah, brother-in-law, William Shackleford (Isabel) of Marathon, Texas, sister-in-law, Carolyn Rutledge of Brackettville, Texas, and grandson, Kyle Anderson (Crystal), and their daughters of El Dorado, Arkansas.
Her family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude for the loving care she received from the Life Touch Hospice staff as well as all the support and prayers from friends and family.
Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Young’s Funeral Directors. Joyce will be laid to rest at a later date in Marathon, Texas where her husband and other family members are buried.
An online guest registry will be available at www.youngsfuneralhome.com
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