Amarillo, Texas
Joyce "JT" Thea Lucas
1935 — 2022
With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Joyce Thea Lucas, JT, beloved father, grandfather, and friend to all the lives he touched, on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. He was 87 years of age, born in Runnels County on August 21, 1935. He graduated from Winters High School and married Ruby Kruse, on June 6, 1953. JT had an exceedingly full life as a father, grandfather and committed employee in the gas industry. As a young man, he had dreams of working on rigs and this became a reality for him when he moved to New Mexico with his young family to drill one of the first pilot holes for uranium. He moved back to Greenwood, Texas after just a few years in New Mexico and leased some land to...