Joyce Maxey

Joyce Ann Maxey, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 29, 2024, at the Saint Francis Medical Center.

She was born Oct. 22, 935 in Parma to August Freeman and Mildred Geraldine Lape.

She and Avra Cox were married in November 1965. He preceded her in 1985. She later married Lon Maxey in September 1986. He preceded her July 2009.

Survivors include her four sons, Shane (Melissa) Glover of Cape Girardeau, Gary (Diane) Glover of Perkins, Avra Cox of Cape Girardeau and Jeffery (Kassie) Cox of Cape Girardeau; sister, Faye Fair of Senatobia, Mississippi; seven grandchildren, Erin Cox-Phillips, Audrey Roth, Brooke Sullivan, Brian Phillips, Cody Cox, Taylor Marshall and Lauren Cox; and nine great-grandchildren, Brylee Phillips, Kolby and Easton Phillips, Sydney, Ruby Claire and Millie Sullivan and Maren Roth, and two coming in September and October.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands and brothers, Paul and Gale Lape.

Joyce will be remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother and sister. Her grace and kindness will be missed by all who knew and loved her. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Perkins Baptist Church in Perkins or Lynwood Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau.

A graveside service will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, at Williams Cemetery in Perkins, next to the Baptist Church.

Ford and Liley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.fordandlileyfuneralhome.com.