Joyce Perry Spakes

Joyce was born to Tommie and Lila Mae Perry in Gadsden, AL. on February 23, 1955. She was 69 years old. Joyce was a property manager for many years but was a writer at heart and was published by The National Library of Poetry: Verdant Lands of Spring. She was fueled by Jesus and coffee. Joyce loved Jesus, her (sweetie) husband, daughters, “grand ones,” kitties, and coffee. Joyce was a woman full of love and wisdom from a life well lived. Her family was the most important thing in her world and time spent with the ones she loved was the air she breathed. Family and friends were naturally drawn to her warmth and charm. Her incredible strength, kindness, and generosity knew no bounds. She lived by Luke 6:38, “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Joyce was an avid fan of The Wizard of Oz, now she can honestly say that there is no place like home.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, Tommie and Lila Mae Perry; sisters, Janette Perry and Brenda Chapman.

Joyce is survived by her husband, Barnard Spakes, Gadsden; daughters, Kimberly (Phillip) Smith, Ohatchee and Brandy (Jonathan) Harrell, Ohatchee; grandchildren, Erin (Matthew) Servarit, Glencoe; Courtney (Issiack) Reeves, Eastaboga; and Charles Harrell, Ohatchee; great-grandchildren, Julien Sevarit and Jane Reeves; brother, Larry (Paula) Perry; sister-in-law, Lynne Lowe; nieces, Rhonda Taylor, Tammy Brady, Cynthia Freeman, Sheila West, and Lana Yarbrough; and nephews, Jeff Hare and Donnie Perry.

Pallbearers will be her sons-in-law, Phillip Smith, and Jonathan Harrell; grandson, Charles Harrell; grandsons-in-law, Matthew Sevarit and Issiack Reeves; and nephew-in-law, James Taylor.

Services and visitation will be held at Morgan Funeral Chapel and Crematory on Sunday, October 27, 2024. The family will receive friends in the Chapel from 2:00pm until the service time at 3:00pm. Sister Teresa Chapman of The Church of Love will officiate. Burial to follow at Forrest Cemetery in Gadsden, AL.