Joyce grew up in Beaumont. She graduated from Beaumont High School and was a member of the drill team. Joyce married her husband, Wilburn McKnight, and together they raised four children, Linda, Melissa, Melanie, and Bryan. She worked as a clerk for Ben Rogers at TSO, the as a payroll clerk for Bethlahem Steel. Joyce was a woman of faith and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Silsbee. She was an active member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Daughters of the Nile. Her husband was a Mason, and together they were always hitting the roads with with these organizations for events. She loved to stitch canvas and make candy mints from scratch. Joyce was outspoken and always told it like it was. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Joyce is survived by daughter Melissa Littlepage; daughter Melanie "Dee Dee" Sims and husband Dee; son-in-law David Drescher; grandchildren Kristie Drescher, Weston McKnight, Ashley Dobbs and husband Brandon; and great grandchild Brynlee McKnight.
Joyce was preceded in death by her parents Alex Stafford and Lillian Russel, her husband Wilburn "Shorty" McKnight, son Bryan McKnight, daughter Linda Drescher, and son-in-law Marvin Littlepage.
A Gathering of Family and Friends for Joyce will be held Monday, June 21, 2021 at 12:00 PM at Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 4955 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77703, with a Celebration of Joyce's Life to follow at 2:00 PM. Her burial will take place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.forestlawnmpfh.com for the McKnight family.
