Joyce Marie Hand

Funeral services for Joyce Marie Hand, 85, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, 2023, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City, Louisiana. Visitation will start at 12:30 p.m. until the time of service. Burial will follow at Rose-Neath Cemetery in Bossier City, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Reverend Andrew Brewster.

Joyce was born on December 5, 1937, in Jackson, Michigan to Theodore and Theresa Steele and passed away Monday, June 19, 2023 in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

She enjoyed riding motorcycles and helped found Free Spirits Motorcycle Club. She became a licensed pilot after she retired from the United States Air Force. In her leisure time, you could find her camping, traveling, working on genealogy and spending time with her family.

Joyce is preceded in death by her parents and husband, Donald Ray Hand. She is survived by her daughter, Shari Grantham and husband, Gary; son, Bruce Hand; sister, Ida Cockcroft; brother, Donald Evans and wife, Marian; grandchildren, Kelly Grantham, Misty LaBuray and husband, Mike, Brandi Hein, Tiffani Allen and husband, LaDarrius, Noah Grantham, David Trussel and wife, Alena, Justin Trussel and wife, Elisha and Michael Hand and numerous great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials may be made to Bikers Against Child Abuse, Attn: Jennifer Wilkes, 9229 Lindsay Rd., Mooringsport, Louisiana 71060, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Way, Memphis, TN 31805 or Shriner’s Hospital, 3100 Samford Ave, Shreveport, LA 71103.