A funeral service for Joy "Momoo" Kuykendall, 96, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 26, 2024, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Gray Cemetery in Jefferson, Texas. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, January 25, 2024, at the funeral home.

Joy was born on January 15, 1928, in Oil City, Louisiana to Stanley Arthur Weaver and Ada Holland Weaver and passed away on January 16, 2024, in Marshall, Texas.

She married Claude Franklin Kuykendall on January 15, 1947, in Vivian, Louisiana and the two remained married until his passing. She was a longtime member of Grange Hall Methodist Church and River Crossing Cowboy Church over the last three years. She owned and operated Joy's Bargain House for years. She raised lots of grandkids and great grand kids and attended all of the sporting events that they had. She even fell and broke her hip leaving from a game. She had a bad dream and fell out of bed and even got up and went to church before going to the Dr. and discovering she had a broken neck. She collected roosters and salt and pepper shakers. Her home was always open to everyone, and they all knew her as "Mamoo." She was a loving wife, grandmother, and great grandmother to all.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Stanley and Ada Weaver; her husband, C.F. Kuykendall; sons, Jimmy Kuykendall and Rickey Joe Kuykendall and brothers, Buddy Weaver, Carol Weaver and Stanley Weaver.

She is survived by her children, Rosalind Ford, Joyce Cobb and husband, Rickey and Rockey Kuykendall; grandchildren, Chuck Cobb and wife, Melissa, Stacey Cobb, Michael Cobb and wife, Terri, Haley Duncan and husband, Cody, Kristi Spain, Kevin Ford, Justin Ford, Eric Kuykendall and wife, Taryn, Lance Kuykendall and wife, Geiselle, Kim Goode and husband, Chris, Brandy Brewster and husband, T.J., Ashley Kuykendall and Misty Powers and husband Bill along with numerous great grandkids, great great grandkids as well as numerous nieces, nephews and other family and friends.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in her honor to St. Jude's Childrens Hospital.