Joyce Alene (Davis) Marks, 70, left her earthly home on Friday, July 28, 2023. She passed away at her home in Lockney, Texas, with family.
Visitation was held at Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Plainview, Texas, on Monday, July 31, 2023 from 5 p.m. through 7 p.m.
A funeral service was held at 2 p.m., Monday, August 1, 2023 at Lockney Methodist Church in Lockney, Texas. She was then transported to Poteau, Oklahoma, for visitation on Wednesday August 2, 2023 from 6 p.m. through 8 p.m. at Evans and Miller Funeral Home.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday August 3, 2023 at Old Cache Cemetery in Keota, Oklahoma. She will be laid to rest among her family that has gone to heaven and have waited patiently for her time on Earth to be complete.
Joyce, ‘Mimi’ as she was lovingly referred to by her grandchildren and great grandchildren, was born on October 21, 1952 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, to Raymond and Anna Lee (Harris) Davis. She was raised in Oklahoma and graduated from Spiro, Oklahoma, in 1970.
She met her future husband, Ed Marks, at a small café in Sunset Corner, Oklahoma. After a whirlwind romance, they were married on July 10, 1970 in Muleshoe, Texas. They began their life together in Rotan, Texas, where they had two daughters. After a few years there, they found their way to Lockney, Texas, where they settled, added a son, and raised their family.
Joyce worked in the school in Lockney for 35 years, holding many positions. She first began as a teacher’s aide, then a P.E. teacher, then the elementary librarian and finally finishing her career in LISD as cafeteria manager. Because she was not one to sit idle, she usually took on other jobs such as working at Brown’s Department Store and later Schact’s Flower Shop.
She was well known for helping so many in the community. She could often be seen working in her yard and taking care of her flowers as well as digging weeds in friend’s yards. She was a loving and caring person, who was willing to step in and help so many in the community.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Anna Lee; one sister, Goldie Saulsbury; two brothers, Dewitt Davis and Billy Davis; one niece, Mary Davis; and one great-niece, K.D. Osburn.
She is survived by her husband, Ed Marks, of Lockney, and her children, Jessica and husband, Doug James, of Midland, Robin Keyser of Lockney, and Joseph and wife, Salina, of Flomot; 10 grandchildren, Jesslyn Davis, Miles, Nicole, Sheridan and Sara Keyser, and Grayson and Madelyn Marks, Kennadi, Alex and Zach James; four great-grandchildren, Trenton, Niaomi, Gohan and Natalie; one sister, Sharon Baxter and husband, Hanford, of Panama, Oklahoma, and two brothers, Jesse Davis of Spiro, Oklahoma, and Raymond Lee Davis and wife, Fran, of Barling, Arkansas; one aunt, Madelyn Brown of Mounds, Oklahoma; five sisters-in-law, Dortha Gunter of San Angelo, Texas, Shirley Nock of Levelland, Texas, Robbie Marks of Lake Ivie, Texas, Dixie Porter of San Angelo and Laura Myers of Rotan; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews that she loved and loved her and will all miss her dearly.
As we think about the memories with joy and mourn for the time to come without her here on earth, remember that she has gained the greatest gift, a healed body, no more pain, only peace and joy. She was greeted by the welcoming arms of Jesus and the ones that she has missed for so long.
Any memorials can be made to the American Legion Post, P. O. Box 122, Lockney, TX 79241.
The family wants to thank the doctors and nurses in the ER in Lockney, Texas, the doctors and nurses at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock, Texas and most importantly, the Interim Hospice nurses who took such great care of her in her final days. You showed amazing compassion and love toward our family and gentleness to our loved one in her final days.