Joyce Marie

Wheelington

Joyce Marie Yancey Wheelington, 81, passed away on November 16, 2018 in Hope. She was born April 15, 1937 in Henderson, TX to the late Hubert Lee Yancey and Lena Dell Penn Yancey.

Marie was a member of Hinton Methodist Church and a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her ex-husband, Waymond Wheelington; three brothers, Bart, Johnny, and Floyd Yancey; and two sisters, Violet Yancey, and Virginia Holt.

She is survived by three sons, William E. Wheelington, Larry and wife Mary Wheelington, and John Shane Wheelington, two daughters, Debra Ann Smith and fiance Paul Prince, and Melissa Diane Hicks; one brother, Robert and wife Bobbie Yancey; nine grandchildren, William and wife Elizabeth Wheelington Jr., Trent and wife Heather Wheelington, Brandon and wife Alicia Wheelington, Lijiah Grady Smith, Joshua Dave Smith and fiance Miranda McGee, Micah Dean Hicks and wife Brenda Peynado, Trevor and wife Patience Hicks, Jonathon Shane Wheelington, Cody Mitchell Wheelington and fiance Tiffany Schobey; five great-grandchildren, Jonathon Wade, Madison Avery, and Mason Robert Wheelington, Wyatt Joe Smith, and Lok Daniel Hicks; as well as many other family, friends, and relatives.

Visitation will be Sunday, November 18, 2018 from 5-7 pm at Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Home in Hope.

Services will be Monday, November 19, 2018 at 11:00 pm at Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Home in Hope. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Hope under the direction of Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Home.