A visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at Downs Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at the Ft. Smith National Cemetery in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

Joyce Shannon was born on April 7, 1926 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas to John William Berry and Beulah Epsie Browning. She passed away on August 15, 2021 in Longview, Texas.

She loved oil painting, gardening, babysitting her grandkids and loved her siblings.  She was a really good seamstress and always made sure that she looked her best. Above all she was a devoted wife and great Nana and loved her family with all her heart.

She is preceded in death by her parents, John W. and Beulah Berry; her husband, James W. Shannon; son-in-law's, James Maxwell Nixon and Raymond Bice; grandson, Roy James Caldwell; siblings, Bill Berry, W.C. Berry and wife, Colleen, Brownie Berry, and wife, Betty, Hovert Berry and Lina Lee Parker and husband, Oslin E.

She is survived by her children, Gayle Bice of Marshall, TX, Joy Sawyer and husband, David of Placentia, CA; grandchildren, Shelley Nixon of Marshall, TX, Andrew Nixon and wife, Toni of Beckville, TX, Virginia Sawyer of Placentia, CA, Stephanie Navarro-Cid and husband, Edgar of Placentia, CA; great grandkids, James Nixon of Marshall, TX, Tristan Nixon of Springfield, MO, Haley Nixon of Carrolton, TX, Abby DelGuidice of Placentia, CA and Dylan DelGuidice of Placentia, CA.

The family would like to give a special thank you to the staff on the Memory Care Unit at Hawkins Creek Assisted Living.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Parkinson's Foundation.