- Joyce D. Ridings Jones, age 79, of Somerset, departed this life on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.
Joyce was born on January 30, 1935, to the late James and Patsy Ridings. Joyce married William Ray “Buddy” Jones on August 2, 1971. She loved working on their dairy farm. She was a retired farmer and homemaker. She loved her animals. Joyce will be missed by so many that knew her. She loved all of her CNA’s at Somerwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Joyce never met a stranger and had a way of making every one smile she came in contact with, no matter what kind of day they were having.
She is survived by her sons, Bobby Ray Ridings, of Boaz, Alabama, and Steven Ray Warren, of Springfield, Illinois; her daughter, Peggy Jo Warren, of Springfield, Illinois; two sisters, Barbara Sneed, of Bardstown and Helen (and Dee) Haste, of Bardstown; special nieces, Shirley (and David) Hughes and Rita (and Rick) Gilreath; a special nephew, Gary (and Lynn) Grimsley and several other nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews that will mourn her passing.
Along with her parents, Joyce is preceded in death by her husband, William “Buddy” Jones, who passed away March 18, 1999; her sisters, Peggy Jo Hughes, Mary Katherine Brent, Ella Mae Grimsley, and Betty Jean Cox; her brother, James Edward Ridings; and a special niece, Patsy Wesley.
Visitation for Joyce will be on Saturday, March 15, 2014 from 9:00am until 11:00am at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. The funeral service will follow the visitation at 11:00am at the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Somerset Cemetery.
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1935 - 2014 (79 years)
