Joyce Chelette

Joyce Chelette, 64, of Big Spring, died on Friday, June 16, 2006, in a Lubbock hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday, June 22, 2006 at the Peace Chapel at Trinity Memorial Park with Rev. Michael A. Mahaney, pastor of the Pentecostals of Big Spring, officiating. Joyce was born on August 10, 1941, in Lawton, Oklahoma and graduated from Big Spring High School in 1959. She returned to Big Spring in 1969 and had worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center for 20 years, retiring in 1997. Survivors include two daughters, Sherri Adams of San Angelo and Sandra Dreher of Whitney; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, Roy Jackson, her mother and step-father, Neona and R. J. Shortes and one brother, LeRoy Jackson. The family suggests memorials to the American Diabetes Association, Midland Office, 10 Desta Drive, Suite 220E, Midland, Texas 79705 or to the The American Cancer Society Memorial Program, % Lucy Bonner, P.O. Box 2121, Big Spring, Texas 79721-2121. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,