Clara Joyce Vice

Clara “Joyce” Vice, 75, of Lufkin, Texas passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016 after battling an illness since November 2015.

There will be a private viewing at Carroway Funeral Home in Lufkin on the morning of Wednesday, March 16, 2016, followed by graveside services at Nat Cemetery in Nacogdoches County at 1:00 p.m., where she will be laid to rest beside the love of her life, Don.

Joyce was the daughter of the late Clyde and Lorene (Hooper) Shirley. She was born in Clarita, Oklahoma October 29, 1940.

Joyce enjoyed scrapbooking, gardening, bird watching, and visiting with family and friends. She was a devoted Navy wife, raising her family while her husband was deployed overseas. She also worked as a full charge bookkeeper, and then breeding and selling migratory waterfowl for many years together with her husband after her “retirement”. A talented artist, Joyce taught oil painting classes for 10 years, and enjoyed 5 wonderful years of riding motorcycles with Don when they both called it "real retirement". In addition, Joyce was a loving wife for 56 years; a generous, nurturing supermom and best friend, and a beloved grandmother and Nana.

Joyce is preceded in death by her brother, Jerry Shirley, her husband, Donald R. Vice, and her son, Donald "Donnie" Vice. She is survived by her daughter and "son"-in-law, Louise and John, her granddaughter and her husband, Sandra and Seth, and two great- grandchildren, Felicity and Jakob. She will also be missed by a large circle of friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Joyce’s name to the ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 6051, Albert Lea, MN 56007. Donations can also be made online.

For directions and Joyce’s online guest book, visit www.carrowayfuneralhome.com

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.