Joyce Phillips

Joyce Willene Phillips was born October 7, 1937 in Peach Orchard, MO, to Earnie and Carry (McGinty) Bratcher. She passed away January 27, 2019, in Tulsa, OK.

Joyce attended grade school in Missouri and then Porterville High School in California. She also had special training in short hand and computers. Joyce worked in farming at an early age and was a Med Aid in 3 states including Colby, KS. She also was a team truck driver with late Husband George Phillips along with other odd jobs. Joyce's hobbies were playing bingo, casinos, bowling and socializing with her many friends

Survivors include her son Jerry; 5 daughters, Janice, Rhonda, Jackie, Laurie and Penny; numerous grandchildren; great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; sisters, Linda Miller, Martha Griffin, Carolyn Caudill, and Tina Allred; brother Dewayne Bratcher; many nieces, nephews and loved ones and her beloved friends, Danny and Beverly Barker, Don Kernal and mother Anni Kernal, Pastor Jim and Tammy Kent, Gene Duke, Nita Grimes and many others.

She was preceded in death by loved ones, George Phillips, Jessie Lee Rosales and Jimmy Dean Rosales.

There will be a memorial service at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, April 18, 2019, at New Beginning Family Ministry, 305 S. Saddler, Poteau, OK 74953. A graveside service will take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Beulah Cemetery, Colby, KS. Flowers, cards and monetary contributions may be sent to either the church or Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701. For condolences or information visit www.baalmannmortuary.com