Joyce Marie Hays
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Joyce Marie Hays, age 88, passed away peacefully December 2021 after a long illness. She was born in 1933 in Shreveport, LA to Lucille and Lynn Gorman Powell. The only daughter amongst five boys, Lynn, Bill, Bobby and Wayne who preceded her in death and is survived by her younger brother, Charles David. She attended St. Vincent Academy 1939-1951 where she made lifelong friends. Joyce married her only love, John Dallas Hays, in June 1957. They spent most of their married life in Shreveport and Monroe, LA. John D. passed away in November 1996. Joyce is survived by all four of their children Lyn, Jody, John and Susan, 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Joyce worked as a secretary at Jesus the Good Shepherd School in Monroe, LA from 1981 to 1988 and Veterans Affairs in Shreveport, LA from March 1989 through January 2014.
In 2014 she moved to Austin to be near her children. She enjoyed living at Brookdale Gaines Ranch Senior Living where she made many friends and enjoyed the activities offered at Brookdale.
Services to be announced at a later date.