She was preceded in death by her husband Gene Brown, a sister Ruby Louise Davis, and a brother Kenneth Gilbert, a daughter Pamela Jean Elton, and one great grandson Jackson Thomas Murrary.
Joyce is survived by her sisters Charlene Faulkner and Jackie Stober. One daughter Sandra Lynn Murray (husband Michael D Murray), four grandsons Jeffery Murrary (wife Michelle Murrary), Michael Murrary, Shane Wood, Cody Elton (wife Amber Elton). She is also survived by several great grandchildren who she loved and cherished.