Friday, January 14, 2022

Carolyn Conner


(From Clark Funeral Home)

Carolyn Joyce Conner, 88, of Webb City, Missouri, passed peacefully Monday, January 11, 2022, into the arms of her loving Savior. Joyce and her twin sister, Loyce, were born on August 6, 1933, in Webb City to Guy Ellis Henry and Lelia Opal (Dawson) Henry. 

Joyce was one of eleven beloved brothers and sisters. She graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in 1951. 










Joyce met the love of her life, Jerry Conner, at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Webb City while he was on leave from the Navy. They were united in marriage just three months later also at Emmanuel, on January 6, 1952. 

Joyce had several different jobs in her lifetime, but her main occupation and joy in life was in being a homemaker, mother, and grandmother. She had the gift of hospitality, a passion for cooking, and you never left her house without being well fed. 

Joyce leaves behind two daughters, Janet Bradfield (Rod) of Oronogo, and Cathy Shipman (Jerry) of Diamond, and son, Craig Conner (Mary) of Cedarville, IL, sisters, Loyce, Grace Ann, and Norma, brothers, Joe, Tom and John; ten grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. 

Joyce was preceded in death by her daughter, Suzanne and her husband, Jerry, and siblings Dick, Bob, Pat, and Wilma. Visitation will be held Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Webb City, from 10 am until 11 am and funeral services will be at 11 am. Interment will follow in the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery, Joplin. 

Contributions in memory of Carolyn may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church, c/o Clark Funeral Home, PO Box 66; Neosho, Missouri 64850.

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