Obituary of Joyce Fields

Funeral services for Joyce Young Fields, 83, of Troup, will be held 11:00 am, Monday, August 28, 2017 at Cottle Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Larry Craig will be officiating the services, with interment following at Pinecrest Cemetery under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup.

Joyce passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 in Tyler. She was born April 27, 1934 in Sadler, Texas to the late Felix Gettie Young and Levina Thurman Young. Joyce was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Troup. She attended all game days at First Baptist Church, Cameron J. Jarvis Troup Municipal Library, and the First United Methodist Church. She loved plants and could grow anything. She also loved her dog “Pepper” (17 years old) very much.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Jeff Fields, her parents, two brothers and two sisters Billy Joe Young, Louella Gray, Jessie Young and Addie Mae Stevens.

Survivors include her three daughters, Cheryl Lynn Fields Merritt of Idaho, Juanita Kay Fields Butler of Tyler, Karla Jean Fields McCormack of Troup; four grandchildren, Jeff Fields McCormack, Shaun Hobbs, Brittany Figueroa, and Malorie Butler; great granddaughter, Alina Rylee Figueroa; also, numerous family and friends.

Pallbearers will be Leslie Ford, Matthew Ford, CH Ford, Leon Gray, Billy Thurman Young, Louey Coser and Todd Fields.

The family will receive friends and loved ones Sunday, August 27, 2017 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Cottle Funeral Home in Troup.

Online registration and condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com