Joyce was born September 19, 1929 in Pleasant Hill, LA to Orville Rance Woods and Mattie Lee Hight Woods and she entered into rest on May 26, 2019. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter T. Barnes; and son, Wayne Barnes. Those left behind to cherish her memory are her sons, Kenneth G. Barnes and Walter R. Barnes; daughter, Deborah Smith; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.