Joyce Hollers Jones' Obituary
Joyce Hollers Jones
Joyce Hollers Jones, 80, went to be with the Lord January 3, 2007. Services will be held today at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel at 2 PM with Rev. Scott Schulik officiating, followed by graveside memorial services and burial at Memory Park Cemetery.
Ms Jones was preceded in death by three husbands: Coston Cargile, Rufus Gilley, and Earl Jones; father, William A. Hollers; mother, Stella Duke Hollers; brothers, James L. Hollers and Albert Cardwell.
She is survived by one brother, William Hollers, Jr. of Richardson, Texas; a son, John Wayne Cargile and wife, Paula of Coker, Alabama; daughter, Glynda Cooper and husband, Keith of Hallsville; grandchildren: Nick Cooper of The Woodlands, Phillip Cooper of Hallsville, Jonathan Cargile of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Shellye Hamner of Northport, Alabama, Shannon Carroll of Moody, Alabama; great grandchildren: Cherish Hamner, Gracee Hamner, and Chamberlain Hamner of Northport, Alabama, Jon Cade Carroll of Moody, Alabama and Marleigh Ana-Katherine Cargile of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; sister-in-law, Bobbie Hollers of Lufkin and several nieces and nephews.
Ms Jones was born in Austin, Texas on August 10, 1926. ; She worked with Western Union during WWII. She later moved to Tyler and then to Longview in the 1950?s. She was president of the Longview Ostomy Association and was named Person of the year by the Longview Pilot Club in 1977. She was a member of the Daughters of The American Revolution and was a longtime member of Mobberly Baptist Church and the Agape Sunday School Class. She also worked with the Hallsville High School Library; as legal secretary to the Late J.W. Falvey, Jr., and with Grady Crawford Construction.
She was an avid genealogist and served as secretary-treasurer of the Hollers Family Association and wrote the family newsletter. She also researched and compiled genealogy on her mother?s Duke lineage.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mobberly Baptist Church, 625 E. Loop 281, Longview, TX 75605.
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