Joyce Roberta (Gray) Brant

Funeral services for Joyce Roberta (Gray) Brant, 73, of Sallisaw will be Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 10 am at Agent Mallory Martin Chapel in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Sallisaw City Cemetery under the direction of Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Home in Sallisaw.

Joyce was born November 15, 1944 in Wardville, Oklahoma to Mike and Julia Gray, and she passed away February 21, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joyce graduated from Coalgate High School in 1962, and married her husband Godfrey on December 16, 1962 in Wardville, Oklahoma. Joyce graduated from Northeastern State University in 1972 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She earned a Masters Degree in Language Communications specializing in English from Northeastern State University in 1991.

She was employed as an English Teacher at Sallisaw High School her entire teaching career, and she retired from teaching in 2000. After her retirement, she loved working with her husband on the cattle ranch west of Sallisaw. After his death, she continued managing the cattle ranch with the help of Joe Brunk. Her family was a big part of her life, and she cherished spending time with her grandchildren. She enjoyed literature, the fine arts, and reading.

Her family was her greatest love. Her life revolved around teaching and her creative students were so precious to her.

She is survived by two daughters Joy Kay Williams and husband David of Wichita, Kansas; and Ginger Rae Albin and husband Ben of Tulsa; and one son Jeffrey Ray Brant and wife Molly of Redland Community. She is also survived by seven grandchildren: Kayleen Williams, John Williams, Brooklyn Albin, Joseph Albin, Alex Brant, Kenzie Brant and Mia Brant. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and two brothers.

Active pallbearers will be Joe Brunk, Jerry Albin, Bryan Warner, John Williams, David Williams, and Ben Albin.

Honorary pallbearers are David Gean, Fred Mos, Trad Lattimore, Jared Duty, and friends in the Book Club.