Mary Joyce Thompson Stephens  1930-2023

Services for Mary Joyce Thompson Stephens, 93, of Alba were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023 at Sweet Fellowship Church, Yantis, with Bro. Perry Crisp officiating.

Interment was in Grapevine Cemetery.

Mrs. Stephens passed away Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, at her residence in Alba. She was born Sept. 9, 1930, in Coppell to William Manuel and Martha Elizabeth Reagan Thompson. She married Charles Henderson Wynn in Dallas on March 10, 1951. They were married for 47 years before his death in 1998. She married Bob Stephens on July 5, 2002 in Alba. Bob passed away April 10, 2010.

Joyce had lived in the Alba area since 2002. She and her husband Charles owned and operated Wynn Color Lab in Carrollton for 25 years. She taught Sunday School at Lake Fork Baptist Church for over 15 years. Joyce worked at Park Place Mercedes dealership in Dallas for over 10 years. She started out as a service greeter and worked her way up to the accounting department.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles Wynn; husband, Bob Stephens; and eight siblings, Belle Parrish, Georgia Maynard, Beatrice Irby, Margaret Griffin, Dorothy Hidgecoxe, Audy Thompson, Jack Thompson and “Buddy” Thompson.

Survivors include her son, Mark David Wynn and wife Debbie of Edwardsville, Ill.; daughter, Martha Ann Mitchell and husband Jack of Alba; one grandson; and numerous other relatives and friends.