Joyce Laverne Youngblood, 78, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014. She was born December 4, 1935, in Refugio to the late William J. and Maggie Mae Ricks Brown. She loved to play canasta and bowl. She went to the National Finals Bowling Tournament in Las Vegas. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the light of her life, as well as her friends, Cookie and Dorothy.

Joyce is survived by her daughters, Lisa Blackmon of Seadrift and Amy Youngblood of Austin; sons, David (Celina) Blackmon of Brownsville, and Scott (Jodi) Griffin of Hill Country; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.

Services were held Saturday, September 6, 2014 at the Seadrift Cemetery.