Joyce Faye Bewley, age 92, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 9, 2025. Joyce was born to Robert Trout Curtis and Gladys (Goss) Curtis on May 28, 1933, in Graham, Oklahoma, located in Carter County. She was united in marriage to Herbert Bewley, Jr. on July 5, 1955, in Callahan County, Abilene, Texas. Joyce and Junior were blessed with one loving child, Catherine Darlene.

Joyce faithfully attended Calvary Assembly of God in Enid, Oklahoma. For many years, she enjoyed decorating the church for Christmas and Easter. Joyce  was a devoted homemaker who loved her roles as wife and mother. Joyce had many hobbies and interests, including crafting and ceramics. She also enjoyed collecting and restoring antiques. Every year, Joyce’s husband cultivated a huge garden. She spent a great deal of time each summer canning vegetables and sharing their goods with church members and neighbors. During the summertime, Joyce also enjoyed making the Curtis family favorite—banana ice cream. Joyce loved to make candy and decorate sugar cookies during the holidays. She also enjoyed the beauty of various flowers and plants.

Joyce was preceded in death by her father, Robert Trout Curtis; mother, Gladys Ruby (Goss) Curtis; sisters: Reba June Curtis, Deloris Ann Curtis, Ina Margaret Lawson; and brothers: Billy Gene Curtis, Johnny Dell Curtis, and Bobby Dean Curtis. She is survived by her daughter, Cathey Roten and her husband, Daren, of Ozark, Missouri; granddaughter, Alyssa Roten, of Ozark, Missouri; and sister, Glenda Baker. Joyce is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Joyce loved her family very much and shared Christ with them every chance she could. She was loved dearly and will be deeply missed by all.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Greenlawn Funeral Home and Life Tribute Center in Ozark, Missouri.

¹³ But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. ¹⁵ For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore comfort one another with these words.

I Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NKJV)