Services for Joyce Roach, 73, Elmo, were held at 2 p.m. October 22, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point with Rev. Ron Dummer officiating.
Interment followed at Bright Star Cemetery north of Wills Point.
She passed away early Sunday morning, October 18, 2009, in Terrell.
She was born May 19, 1936, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of William Oscar Hinson and Exir Vera McCain Hinson. She was raised in the Mt. Pleasant area where she attended school. On September 2, 1952, she married David Eli Roach in Mt. Pleasant. In her earlier years while living in California, she was a hairstylist. While her husband was serving our country, she lived in many different places. In her spare time, she enjoyed painting. She lived in Dallas prior to moving to Elmo approximately thirty years ago. Joyce was a member of Seven Oaks Baptist Church north of Wills Point.
Preceded in death by her parents; brothers, William Hinson, Claude Hinson and Charles Lindburg Hinson and two sisters, Vera Hinson and Helen Hinson.
Survivors include her husband, David Eli Roach, of Elmo; sons, Roger Roach, Murphy, David Kyle Roach and wife, Angela, Mesquite, Michael Roach and wife, Vicky, Seagoville; daughter, Melissa Pounds and husband, Mike, Mesquite; brothers, Odis Hinson and wife, Elsie, Cobb Community, Otis P. Hinson and wife, Candi, Wills Point; grandchildren: Nick Roach, Matthew Roach, Christopher Roach, David Roach, Cody Roach, Olivia Roach, Logan Roach, Danielle Roach, Rachelle Rannigan, Shannon Lennamon, Lauren Boyd, Joshua Boyd, Gabrielle Castleberry, Kristy, Cheryl and Shelley; great-grandchildren, Haleigh, Jacob, Logan, Kaylee, James and Katherine.
