Funeral services for Betty Joyce Coleman Joynor, age 81 of Ruston, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, December 7, 2024 at Cathedral of Praise Worship Center in Ruston with Rev. Bo Nicholson officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Vernon, LA under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston, LA. Visitation is scheduled from 12:00-2:00 PM at the Cathedral of Praise Worship Center.

Betty was born in Jonesboro, Louisiana on August 14, 1943.  Betty parted from this life on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 into the arms of her heavenly father and her beloved husband, E.L. Joynor.

After Betty graduated from Jonesboro Hodge High School, she went to work at the papermill. After her bag machine caught on fire she promptly quit her job.  A short time later, her best friend fixed her up on a blind date with a handsome young country boy from Vernon, Louisiana, named E. L. Joynor.  The date was to the Louisiana State Fair where they found love on the midway.  They were married on October 27, 1962.

After marriage, E.L. moved Betty from the city to the quiet country life in Vernon.  She occupied her time by learning to cook and sew.  Things were not quiet long, in August of 1963, Mike was born.  Mike was followed by Gary in 1967 and Christy in 1969.  She settled into her role as a homemaker and never worked outside the home.

Betty was an excellent hostess and anyone who entered the home was offered something to eat.  She was very well known for her tea cakes, cold oven pound cake, divinity, and homemade biscuits.  She loved to sew designer fashions for Barbie.  Each gown was hand beaded in sequins and pearls.  She sold many dresses on E-bay for $300.00 a dress.

Betty was an avid bible reader and attended church regularly, as long as she was able to go to church.

After the children grew up and got married, she begged for grandchildren.  When the grandchildren came along, she became "Granny".  It was a role she treasured. She enjoyed going to the grandchildren's ball games and FFA events.

In March of 2016, the world stopped turning when Betty suffered a hemorragic stroke in the middle of the night.  The stroke affected her right side and left her unable to walk or use her right side.  She remained bed bound until she was given her wings. Through it all she maintained her sweet spirit and was Granny to all who helped take care of her.

Betty will forever be missed by the family left to cherish her memory.  She is survived by her sons, Mike Joynor and Gary Joynor and his wife Sandy; daughter, Christy Joynor Walker and husband Leo, "adopted" daughter, Deana Thomas; her grandsons, Brandon Joynor and his wife Elizabeth, Nicholas Walker and his wife, Heather, Alexander Walker and his wife, Haley, her granddaughter, Katelyn Rasmussen and husband Brandon; her great-grandsons, Mason Rasmussen, Jackson Walker, Caden Joynor and coming soon Wyatt Walker.

Also left behind, are her sisters, Alice Lee and husband Jeff, Karen Jordan and her husband, Randy and Leann Pearson; along with a host of nieces and nephews.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, E.L. Joynor, and her parents Jesse and Julie Mae Coleman.

The family at this time extends our deepest thanks and heartful appreciation to the extended family also left to remember Betty.  They are the caregivers who came day in and day out seven days a week which allowed Betty to remain at home.  They include: Haley Walker, Heather Roberts, Deana Thomas, Korri Moore, Heather Walker, Ginny Williams, and Courtney Delaney.  The road was not always smooth but we walked it together.

Our family also extends deep gratitude to Shane McVay and his staff at the Green Clinic in Hodge, Mitchell's Pharmacy and Allegiance Hospice Care of Northeast Louisiana with a special mention of Nurse Kim and Nurse Sonia.

To our work families, friends, and neighbors . . . sometimes we needed a shoulder to lean on or someone just to listen and you all helped meet our needs.

Finally, we thank Bro. Bo Nicholson and the church family for their prayers, and we thank our heavenly father for taking Betty home peacefully, where she is now made new.

"For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1.

Visitation is scheduled from 12:00-2:00 PM at the Cathedral of Praise Worship Center.