Steele, Joy Hughes

Joy Hughes Steele, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, 
lost her battle with breast cancer on Sunday evening, December 10, 
2006, at her home in Diana. Memorial services will be held 4:30 
p.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at the Fellowship Bible Church 
at 4600 McCann Road in Longview, with Pastor Jim Johnson officiating. 
Joy was born November 29, 1940, in Pickens, Louisiana. She graduated 
from Port Neches-Grove High School in 1958, and later graduated from 
Port Arthur Business School. Joy was a retiree of the Gulf-Chevron 
Chemical Corp., where she worked in several clerical positions and as 
a company facilitator. She served several years on the board of 
directors and as chairman of the annual Buckner-Chevron Charity Golf 
Tournament in Beaumont. Joy was a homemaker and a member of the 
Fellowship Bible Church. She was preceded in death by her father, 
Dennis Speed. She is survived by her husband, Jack Steele of Diana; 
daughters and sons-in-law, Jana Kay King and Ray Etter of Richards, 
Texas, and Jolene and Jeff Gates of White Oak; her mother, Pearl 
Lambright Speed of Port Arthur; grandchildren, Jaimee, Jordan, Jensen, 
and Jilian Gates; brothers, Athan Hughes of Lake Charles, Louisiana, 
Roger Speed of Quitman, Texas, and Randy Speed of Port Neches, Texas; 
and sisters, Rheda Darbonne of Nederland, Texas, Judy LeMaire of 
Gonzales, Louisiana, and Margie Ambrose of Denison, Texas. Memorial 
contributions may be made to the Building Fund at the Fellowship Bible 
Church, 4600 McCann Rd., Longview, TX 75605. A memorial guestbook may 
be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/12/2006.