Joyce Pipes Ginn

Joyce was born October 17, 1925 in Sealy, Texas. She graduated from Sealy High School in 1942. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Galveston where she met the love of her life, Nolan, at the Galvez Hotel. A year later she married Nolan. This union lasted one month shy of 70 years. After Nolan returned from WWII, the couple settled in Houston. During those years, Joyce helped Nolan build his business, raise three boys and donate thousands of hours to charity. She was a past President of St. Thomas High School Mothers Club and a founding member of Tom’s Moms. Joyce also gave 30 years of service to the Charity Guild of Catholic Women. She was a member of St. Anne’s Catholic Church.

Joyce was preceded in death by her son, Bryan Ried Ginn. She is survived by her doting and tirelessly devoted husband, Nolan James Ginn, of Houston; sons, Ronald Troy Ginn and Robert James Ginn and wife Gabrielle of Houston; grandchildren, James Ginn and wife Jessica, Margaret Vivian Ginn and Georgia Marie Ginn, all of Houston; great-grandchildren, Bryan Troy Ginn and Christopher Brendan James Ginn of Houston.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 2140 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas 77098, at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, June 27, 2013.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to St. Thomas High School, 4500 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77007.