JOYCE CORDELIA (DEAN) MANESS SHARP

Joyce Cordelia (Dean) Maness Sharp; formerly of the Elwood Community; passed away on June 25, 2021 in Paris, TX. Funeral services were scheduled for 11 a.m. on Thursday; July 1, 2021 at Day Funeral Home Chapel in Madisonville, TX with the burial to follow at Allphin Cemetery in Midway, TX.

Joyce was born in the Elwood Community on July 1, 1933 to John Wesley Dean, Sr. and Delia Estelle (Kay) Dean. She graduated from Madisonville High School, attended Lon Morris College, and worked for Southwestern Bell.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Gene Roland Maness and James Robert Sharp; her brothers, Elmer Dean and John Dean, Jr.; and her sisters, Lemma Dean Malone, Effie Dean Burnett, and Martha Dean Poteet. She is survived by her children, Debrah Olson (Charles), Ava Delese, and Kerry Maness (Diana); her grandchildren, Daniel Delese (Stephany), Kristen Hammett (Dustin), Renee’ Gilbert (Mark), Kyle Maness (Glory), and Austin Olson (Maria); and her great grandchildren, Draydon Delese, Emerson Delese, Kaiden Maness, Kaelyn Maness, Gracyn Gilbert, Addison Gilbert, and Ana Olson.

Serving as pallbearers are: Harold Dean, Trax Poteet, Wesley Dean, Daniel Delese, Kyle Maness, and Austin Olson.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Allphin Cemetery Association.