Joyce Virginia Chapman entered the presence of her Savior Jesus Christ on February 12, 2025, in Vernon, Texas.

She was born in the Watts family home in Vernon, Texas, to Roy and Myrtle Watts on July 13, 1929. Joyce and Troy Alton Chapman, Sr. were married on February 28, 1947. They enjoyed 53 years together before Troy's death in 2000.

Joyce was an active member of the Women's Missionary Union for over 50 years. She was a member of the Vernon Garden Club, Wilbarger County Home Demonstration Club, Vernon China Painting Club, Wilbarger Historical Commission, a Master Gardener and a Board Member of Wilbarger County Humane Society. She was chosen as "Doan's Picnic Woman of the Year" in 1997. Joyce had the honor of teaching Sunday School to 4th graders at First Baptist Church.

She is survived by three children, Troy Alton Chapman, Jr. and wife Tammy, Gary Dwain Chapman and wife Monica, and daughter, Deborah Kay Goodman. She was blessed with six grandchildren: Jason Chapman and wife Catherine, Layne Chapman and wife Jamie, Nicole Robertson, Virginia Yeasts and husband Joshua, and Angela Couch and husband Marty. Great-grandchildren include Charlotte and Olivia Chapman, Jaxon and Prestyn Chapman, Luke, Benjamin and Caleb Robertson and Kaylee, William, and John Yeaste and Dylan and Gatlin Couch. Joyce also leaves behind numerous nephews and nieces.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Troy Chapman, her parents, a brother, James "Hooks" Watts, and a grandson, Kassidy Chapman.

Visitation will be Friday, February 14, 2025, from 6-7 pm at Sullivan Funeral Home in Vernon, Texas.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 10 am at First Baptist Church in Vernon, Burial will follow at Eastview Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the "Lottie Moon Foreign Missions Offering" through First Baptist Church, Vernon.