Joyce Cryer Powers

Joyce M. Cryer Powers, 55, of Lonestar, died Saturday, February 4, 2012, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Longview. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 9, 2012 at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at the Greenville Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Joyce was born February 8, 1956 in Grand Prairie to parents; James E. Cryer and Eloise Evans, a former resident of Dayton, and has resided in Lonestar for the past five years. She was a retired sales clerk for AT & T, and enjoyed the computer, reading, quilting, and spending time with her grandchildren. Mrs. Powers was preceded in death by her father: James E. Cryer, son: Wesley Charles Cryer, and brothers: Wesley Todd Cryer and Tommy Cryer. She is survived by her husband: Barney Powers, Sr. of Lonestar, son: Murphy Green and wife Billie of Dayton, daughter: Tonya Collins and husband Milton of Dayton, son: J. L. “Bubba” Green, III and wife Cristie of Tarkington Prairie, mother: Eloise Evans Watkins of Lonestar, brothers: Jimmy Cryer of Nashville, TN and Danny Barnett of Conroe, sisters: Linda Tidwell of Pasadena, Betty Smith of Lonestar, and Nancy Landrum of Liberty, grandchildren: Courtney, Murphy, Megan, Heather, Samantha, Cody, Michael, Derick, and Alissa, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.