Joyce was born March 1, 1928 near Rusk, Texas and died Thursday August 2, 2018 at her home in Central.
Joyce was salutatorian of her 1947 Gallatin, Texas High School class and worked at Nan Travis Hospital until her marriage in 1950 to Vernon Arnold. She always regretted not being able to attend college and was determined that her children would have the opportunity. Joyce worked at Lufkin State School from 1962-1966. She told her supervisor that she had decided to attend Nursing School in order to have a better paying job. Her supervisor told her she was too old to go back to school.
Joyce was graduated as salutatorian of her Nursing Class and all four children were graduated from college. Joyce retired from Memorial Hospital.
Joyce and her family had resided in Central (near Lufkin, Texas) since 1957, and she was a member of O’Quinn Baptist Church over 60 years. She was an excellent cook and known for her coconut cake.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Morris and Gale Arnold; her son, Marshall Arnold; her daughter, Marilyn Arnold; her daughter Marlene Arnold; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Joyce was preceded in death by her husband Vernon Austin Arnold (1919-1994); her father William Jackson Bufford (1994-1936); her mother Georgia (Dean) Bufford Ward (1901-1988); sister Carrie Jacy Jenkins; brothers J.W. Bufford, James Edward Bufford, and Johnny Jackson Bufford.
Edited - full obit may be obtained from Gipson Funeral Home, or Lufkin News - Aug 3, 2018.
Joyce was born March 1, 1928 near Rusk, Texas and died Thursday August 2, 2018 at her home in Central.
Joyce was salutatorian of her 1947 Gallatin, Texas High School class and worked at Nan Travis Hospital until her marriage in 1950 to Vernon Arnold. She always regretted not being able to attend college and was determined that her children would have the opportunity. Joyce worked at Lufkin State School from 1962-1966. She told her supervisor that she had decided to attend Nursing School in order to have a better paying job. Her supervisor told her she was too old to go back to school.
Joyce was graduated as salutatorian of her Nursing Class and all four children were graduated from college. Joyce retired from Memorial Hospital.
Joyce and her family had resided in Central (near Lufkin, Texas) since 1957, and she was a member of O’Quinn Baptist Church over 60 years. She was an excellent cook and known for her coconut cake.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Morris and Gale Arnold; her son, Marshall Arnold; her daughter, Marilyn Arnold; her daughter Marlene Arnold; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Joyce was preceded in death by her husband Vernon Austin Arnold (1919-1994); her father William Jackson Bufford (1994-1936); her mother Georgia (Dean) Bufford Ward (1901-1988); sister Carrie Jacy Jenkins; brothers J.W. Bufford, James Edward Bufford, and Johnny Jackson Bufford.
Edited - full obit may be obtained from Gipson Funeral Home, or Lufkin News - Aug 3, 2018.
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