Joy Geneva Lord

Services for Joy Geneva Lord, 82 of Grand Saline, Tx are scheduled for 12:00 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton with her grandson, Rev. Richard Preston Morgan, officiating.

Joy passed away on March 19, 2019 at Autumn Leaves Memory Care Center in Rockwall, Tx. with family at her bedside.

She was born December 17, 1936 in Grand Saline, Tx to Jesse C. Hawkins and Pauline Lindsay.

Joy grew up and attended school in Grand Saline. She received her Associates Degree from Eastfield Community College in Dallas, Texas. Joy was a long distant telephone operator for Southwestern Bell and AT&T, retiring after 40 years of service. She was a member of Main Street Baptist Church in Grand Saline and loved her Church and Sunday School Class dearly.

Joy enjoyed going to garage sales, and being involved in community service for AARP, where she assisted her late-husband with driving classes, preparing tax documents with the elderly and actively participated with Meals on Wheels.

Joy is preceded in death by her Parents, Jesse and Pauline Hawkins of Grand Saline; Husband, Robert D. Lord; Brothers: Don Hawkins and Sam Hawkins, and her nephew, Michael Phillips.

She is survived by her Daughters: Cindy Matthews & Fred Milligan of Fruitvale, Tx, Vickie Hahn & Martin Lamb of Royse City, Tx, Mary Hahn and Dr. Richard Morgan of College Station, Tx; Son, Master Chief PON Thomas George and Veronica Hahn, Jr. and step-daughter Tammy Hahn ; 11 Grandchildren; 6 Great-Grandchildren; Sister, Celia Vernell & Marvin Peel; and her companion dog, Little Bit.

Interment will be at Haven of Memories in Canton, Texas.

Joy's family will receive friends at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Eubank Funeral Home.