Joyce C. Bledsoe, age 72 of Deepwater, Missouri passed Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at her home. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Deepwater Cemetery, Deepwater, Missouri. Family will receive friends one hour before the service on Thursday at the funeral home.

Joyce was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was married to Clifford L. Bledsoe who preceded her in death on February 26, 1988. She was a member of the Deepwater Baptist Church, a Twin Lakes Hospice Volunteer, a National member of the U.S. Genealogical Society.

She is survived by three sons, Tom (Michelle) Bledsoe of Flemington, Missouri, Rod (Carla) Bledsoe of EI Dorado Springs, Missouri and Rich (Patti) Bledsoe of Independence, Missouri; two daughters, Pam Johnson of Portland, Oregon and Debbie Johnson of Independence, Missouri; three sisters, Mary Lee and Brenda Johnson, both of Mountain Home, Arkansas and Peggy Gray of Willow Springs, Missouri as well as twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren.