After her mom died, she lived in Methodist Children's Home in Waco & finished school, then moved to San Angelo to stay with family members. She met & married the love of her life, CJ Ford, & they had been married almost 70 years when he passed away December 20, 2017. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, & great-great grandmother. She was a long time member of Northside Church of Christ & was instrumental in the operation of the Concho Valley Regional Food Bank pantry at Northside for several years.
Joyce sold movie tickets at The Roxy Theater, worked at M.L. Leddy & Sons, & she traveled with her husband as sales representatives for several companies. They owned Horseshoe Western Store & Horseshoe Leather Manufacturing in San Angelo. She & CJ were founding members of the San Angelo Saddle Club. After they retired, she enjoyed riding motorcycles with CJ, going on short & long trips with their biker friends, & enjoyed country & bluegrass music, which resulted in monthly jam sessions with her musician friends. She devoted a lot of her time to enjoying her family & her church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, brothers, parents-in-law, Wade O. & Zula Ford, brother-in-law Wade L. Ford, sister-in-law Betty Butts, great granddaughters Lily Carol Sinar & Amber Nicole Karr.
She is survived by her children Wynell Keel (Joe), James W. Ford Sr., Elaine Johnston, & Deborah Ford, 8 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, & 2 great-great grandchildren.
The family would like to thank Kindred Hospice & Visiting Angels for their loving care of Mom.
A public viewing will take place at Johnson's Funeral Home 8 am Saturday, June 13, followed by the funeral service at 10 am.
Alan Murphy & Jim Murphy of Northside Church of Christ will be officiating.
Pallbearers will be James W. Ford Jr., Jimmy Brumit, Cody Keel, James Harper, Ronald Harper, Aaron Gandy, & Lawrence Ramirez.
