Mrs. Joyce Watkins Capps

December 24, 1936 - January 3, 2016

Joyce Jaunita Watkins Capps, 79, passed from this life on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at the Lexington Place Healthcare in Jonesboro, AR. She was born on December 24, 1936 to Richard "Dick" and Lena Mae Watkins. Joyce lived in DeWitt most of her life. She was a homemaker and a wonderful mother and grandmother who loved her family dearly. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John D. Capps; three brothers Charles, Jack, and Joe Watkins; one sister Barbara Ann Watkins; and one son Richard Thompson. Survivors include her sons David Thompson of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Michael Thompson of Springhill, Florida; two brothers Bobby (Phyllis) and Tommy (Elsie) Watkins. Four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Survivors also include the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of her deceased husband, John D. Capps. Funeral services were January 8 at Forks of LaGrue Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Forks LaGrue Cemetery by Essex Funeral Home. www.essexfuneralhome.com