May 18, 1929 –  March 13, 2018  VALLEY VIEW – FUNERAL SERVICES FOR BILLYE JO JOY, 88, WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M., ON THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2018, AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN VALLEY VIEW, TEXAS, WITH REV. GLENN KERSEY, OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 6-8 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. SERVICES ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MEADOR FUNERAL HOME, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.
BILLYE PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018, AT TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DENTON, TEXAS.

BILLYE WAS BORN IN FOARD COUNTY, TEXAS, ON MAY 18, 1929, TO LOUIS RUEL SCOTT AND EMMA (HINKLE) SCOTT. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF VALLEY VIEW SINCE THE 1960’S. SHE WAS A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT WOMEN.

BILLYE MARRIED JAMES ANDREW “ANDY” JOY WHO PRECEDED HER IN 1985. TOGETHER THEY HAD A FAMILY OF FOUR CHILDREN. DAUGHTERS JANICE FARRELL AND HUSBAND RONNIE OF VALLEY VIEW, SHERRY MARTINDALE AND HUSBAND MAX OF VALLEY VIEW AND SON JAMES JOY AND WIFE LINDA OF DENTON. SISTERS LETA DUNN OF CROWELL, TEXAS, AND LULA BATY OF GILLAND TEXAS. SISTER-IN-LAW POLLY SCOTT, CROWELL, TEXAS. SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER HUSBAND JAMES, AND DAUGHTER KATHY HAISLIP.
PALLBEARERS ARE TOMMY RUSSELL, STEVE BATY, LOIS LEE BATY, ALAN TAPP, KEITH NICHOLS AND MARK LYTTLE. HONERARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE ED SIMPSON, IZZIE MARALES AND DENNIS PONTIUS.