Marie Claiborne Joyce Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Marie Claiborne Joyce (Angie, Louisiana), who passed away on July 13, 2021, at the age of 75, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including : her parents, Henry Johnson and Rebecca Forbes Johnson; her sibling-in-law Boatswain Chief McArthur Claiborne; her great grandchild Sis; her husband McArthur Claiborne; her son Noel Claiborne; her grandmother Martha Forbes; her godparents, Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Morris; her siblings, Gloria Johnson Spikes Brown, Ernestine Johnson, Bessie Morris, Margaret Hemphill and Ernest Johnson; her children, Walter Andre Smith of Angie, Kenneth Claiborne (Angie) of Houston and Joycelyn Kirton (Nolan) of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; her stepdaughter Rose Gladen of Portland, Oregon; her grandchildren, Kela Jones, Kimberly Jackson (Lee), Larry Jones, LeKenya Porter (Kendric), Kenneth Claiborne Jr. (Tamara), Keneshia Sumrall (Dustin), Devionne Douglas (Janerio), Devon Cotton, Jr., Laporcha Foster, DeVante Claiborne of Kenneth Claiborne, III., Donte Carter and Chinieca Claiborne; her siblings, Hosea C. Johnson of Angie, Louisiana and Ruby Nell Weary (Conrad) of Bogalusa, Louisiana; her great grandchild Bonus; and her siblings, Clorinda Roberts (Kenneth) and George Quinn. She was also cherished by nieces, nephews, cousins, her loving 1968 high school classmates and friends.

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