In Memory of

Joyce

Lea

King

(Peden)

Obituary for Joyce Lea King (Peden)

Joyce Lea King of Lamar, Arkansas was born on June 17, 1943 in Meriden, Connecticut to Vernon Leon and Nellie Margene Weidman Peden. She passed away on February 11, 2022 in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 78.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Vern Peden.

She is survived by her sons, Thomas J. Sherwood and Robert L. Sherwood; her daughters, Ruth Ann Lawshe and Janell Williams; her sister, Janice Lea Dresser; her 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Friday, February 18, 2022 at the Hardwicke Chapel in Clarksville, Arkansas.

Funeral Services are 2 p.m., Saturday, February 19, 2022 at the Hardwicke Chapel with Reverend Amos Pledger officiating. Burial will follow at Stillwell Cemetery in Clarksville, Arkansas. Pallbearers are Hayden Lawshe, Austin Lawshe, Robert Sherwood, Richard Lawshe, Tommy Jr. Sherwood, Steve Woo, Kenneth Sherwood and Mike Peden.