[Nfbwv-talk] Joyce Porter

[Smyth, Charlene R]

Dear Federation Family,



I just wanted to share Joyce's obituary with you.



JOYCE   MAE SHY PORTER is now in the presence of   the . JOYCE MAE SHY

PORTER is now in the presence of the  --> JOYCE MAE SHY PORTER is now in

the presence of the Lord. Joyce passed away on March 24, 2018, at the

Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House due to multiple medical complications.

She passed peacefully while surrounded by family. Joyce was a 1958 graduate

of the West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind in Romney, West

Virginia, and attended Marshall University. Joyce loved to sing in the

choir at the Milton United Methodist Church. She also served on many

committees and was very active in the church. Joyce enjoyed helping others

and was a lifelong member of the National Federation of the Blind. Joyce

was predeceased by her husband, Richard Porter; parents, Cecil and Izella

Shy; son, Michael DeWeese; brother, George Benny Shy; and sister, Betsy

Lynn Rienersman. Joyce is survived by her children, Ronald Shy and his wife

Nichole Kidd, and daughter, Julie Moore. Grandchildren are Aubrey, Annie

and Gracie Shy; Michael, Dominik, Nichole and Deon Moore. Sisters are

Martha Plumley, Barbara Ann Shy and her husband Roland Payne, and

sister-in-law, Theresa Shy. Nephews and nieces are Kris and Karen Rogers,

Greg Plumley, James Shy and Stephan Shy, Ken and Tiffany Strope, and Tisha

Herne. Joyce loved and also leaves behind numerous great-grandchildren and

great-nephews, -nieces. A memorial service will be held 12:30 p.m. on April

14, 2018, at  Milton Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, please make

donations in honor of Joyce Porter to the National Federation of the Blind

of West Virginia or to the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington,

West Virginia.



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