JOY J. HICKMON WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON TUESDAY JUNE 4, 2019. SHE PASSED AWAY AT HOME SURROUNDED BY HER LOVED ONES.
JOY WAS BORN TO THURMAN BRONSON AND BERTHA JUANITA ELLISON ON JANUARY 25, 1935 IN ELECTRA TX. JOY MOVED TO CORPUS CHRISTI IN 1941, WHERE SHE SPENT THE REST OF HER LIFE. JOY WAS KNOWN FOR BEING THE BEST MIXOLOGIST IN CORPUS CHRISTI DURING THE 60'S AND 70'S. SHE LATER BECAME AN APARTMENT MANAGER UNTIL SHE RETIRED.
JOY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS; BROTHER, CHARLES ALLEN ELLISON; HER SISTERS, BARBARA JANE CORKILL; KAREN S. ARMSTRONG; MARY "CHRISSIE" BUDHIDAR; HER GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER RAEGAN B. HORAK; HER NIECE, ROBBIE JANE CHISM ; TWO NEPHEWS, DELTON EARL CERTAIN, CHARLES ALLEN ELLISON, II; AND SON-IN-LAW, RICHARD T. "SPEC" BAILEY.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, STARIA BAILEY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; SON, CORY (JANICE) HICKMON OF SPRING, TX; GRANDCHILDREN, NICCOLE (CHRIS) HORAK OF NEW BRAUNFELS, TX; ALAN (JULIA) HICKMON; TX; ELAINE HICKMON; PERRY BAILEY; AND ROBERT (LINDSEY) BAILEY; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MIRANDA HORAK; LAYNE HORAK; RYLEE HORAK; RYDER BAILEY; EMMA BAILEY; & RYLEIGH BAILEY; AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
JOY WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A WONDERFUL MOTHER, MIMA, DAUTHER, SISTER, AUNT AND FRIEND. SHE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE THAT HELPED SO MUCH DURING THIS TIME: THE WONDERFUL STAFF OF DEL CIELO HOSPICE AND PALLATIVE CARE; HER NEPHEW, MICHAEL BUHIDAR; TAMMY (HORTON) BAILEY; ANGEL BROWN; ELOISE BROWN; ANN GIBSON; AND MANY OTHER FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER LOVE, LAUGHTER, AND KINDNESS.
A VIEWING WILL BE HELD AT GUARDIAN FUNERAL HOME ON MONDAY JUNE 10 AT 9AM TO 11 AM. SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11:30 AND GRAVESIDE BURIAL AT 1 PM AT SEASIDE MEMORIAL PARK WHERE SHE WILL BE LAID TO REST WITH HER FAMILY.