Joy Jean (Lough) Starkey, came into this world as a beautiful creation of God on June 13, 1932 to her parents, Peter James Ellsworth and Berma Afrilla (Cooper) Lough.
She married her husband, James A. Starkey 57 years ago and they have been blessed with four children; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Joy loved and surrounded herself with beauty and enjoyment to others through her paintings and other artful creations. She will be greatly missed and her beauty will now be viewed when we look to the heavens.
Joy is preceded in death by her beloved son, Jason; her parents and brothers, Bobby, Junior and Larry.
Some of those remaining to carry on in her loving ways are; her husband, James A.; sons, James (Sherrie), Jeff (Carolyn); daughter, Jeannie; her two sisters, Naomi (Dwayne) Kirtley and Carol (Wayne) Eliot; and her brother, Jimmy (Betty).
Services to celebrate Joy's life will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Westside Freewill Baptist Church with the family available to greet friends for sharing and memories at 10:00. Burial to follow at White Chapel Memorial Gardens.
A memorial has been established with Westside Freewill Baptist Church.