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Joy J. Joiner Camp
Birth: Aug. 4, 1939 Louisiana,
Death: Jul. 5, 2012 Houston Harris County Texas,
8/4/1939 - 7/5/2012
Obituary withheld pending permission to reproduce.
Memorial services for
Mrs. Joy J. Camp, 72, of Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday, July
10, 2012 at First Christian Church, 3400 Forsythe Avenue, Monroe, LA.
Joy Camp's death occurred
Thursday, July 5, 2012, at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX.
She recently retired
as the regional social worker for the State of Louisiana Region 8 Office
of Public Health. Part of her responsibilities included working with
Children's Special Health Services. She coordinated behavioral health
services in the local OPH Medical Special Needs Shelter during Hurricane
Katrina.
Early in her career, Mrs.
Camp worked as a public school teacher in Louisiana and Texas. Her
scholastic achievements included graduating as valedictorian of her high
school class, graduating magna cum laude from Louisiana College, and
receiving top honors when she earned her master's degree from the
University of Southern Mississippi. She always had a great love for
children, art, literature, and music. She was a member of the Masterworks
Chorus for several years. She led by example and taught her children to
be kind and accepting of others, and to find the positive in any given
situation. Joy was a sweet presence, and impacted the lives of everyone
she touched in a beautiful way.
Mrs. Camp was preceded in
death by her husband, Jon G. Camp; her father, Lee Roy Joyner; and her
brothers, Joe and Keith.
Survivors include her
sons, Jon Tyran Camp of Panama City, FL and Joffry Lee Camp and wife Julia
of Milton, FL; daughter, Margette Reid and husband Michael of Denton, TX;
grandchildren, Charles Michael Reid and Elizabeth Joy Reid of Denton, TX;
mother, Monia Joyner of Mangham, LA; brother, Dr. Lee Roy Joyner of
Bogalusa, LA; sister, Mary Margaret Barclift of St. Louis, MO; and
sister-in-law, Tezalee Crump and husband J.W. of Ball, LA.
Visitation will be
from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm Monday, July 9, 2012, at Mulhearn Funeral Home,
2308 Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA.
Burial:
Mulhearn Memorial Park
Cemetery
Monroe (Ouachita Parish)
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana, USA
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