JOY OWENS~SMITH, WENT HOME PEACEFULLY TO BE WITH THE LORD ON MARCH 15, 2013 WITH HER FAMILY AT HER BEDSIDE. SHE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 1, 1958 TO GEORGE AND LILLIAN SMITH IN TOLEDO, OHIO. JOY WAS A 1977 JESUP W. SCOTT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. SHE WENT ON TO BECOME A HEAD START BUS DRIVER FROM THERE, A TARTA BUS DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS WHERE SHE THEN RETIRED TO BECOME A FOSTER MOTHER FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. JOY WHO WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO MOST AS JOJO AND YOYO HAD ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS HEARTS. CARING FOR OTHERS WAS SOMETHING SHE HAD DONE NATURALLY. JOJO ACCEPTED CHRIST IN HER LIFE AT A YOUNG AGE, JOY WAS A CHOIR MEMBER AT HER CHURCH WHERE SHE ATTENDED FAITHFULLY. JOY LOVED THE LORD AND ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT SHE KEEP A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, YOU COULD OFTEN FIND JOY IN HER WORD HIGHLIGHTING AND WRITING THINGS DOWN, REFERENCING AND PRAISING THE LORD . JOJO MADE SURE THAT SHE INSTILLED THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN ALL OF HER CHILDREN. SHE LOVED MOVIES AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.JO JO MADE SURE THAT SHE CAME TO ALL FAMILY FUNCTIONS AND EVENTS. JOJO WILL BE MOSTLY REMEMBERED FOR HER BOW LEGS, CHEW GUM IN THE MOST FUNNIEST WAY, HER FAMOUS DRESS SHOES AND SOCKS AND MIX MATCH CLOTHING, DRESSING SANDWICH, JOGGING PANTS AND DRESS AND A “TELL IT LIKE IT IS” PERSONALITY.. FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN THAT SHE LOVED AND CARED FOR WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST MEMORIES AT 5938 MALDEN. JOY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER GRANDPARENTS JOHN AND ENDER LEE SHAW, LUCILLE SMITH, FATHER GEORGE SMITH SR. SISTERS CINDY GIBSON~SMITH AND MELODY GIBSON.SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LOVING MEMORY 3 CHILDREN TIMOTHY D. OWENS, SHAWNDRA L. OWENS (GREG MACK) AND SHARNELL A. OWENS, MOTHER LILLIAN SMITH, SISTERS PATTIE L. SMITH,SHARON PRESTON AND DEBRA O’HENRY, BROTHERS GEORGE SMITH III AND DOUGLAS SMITH. 7 GRANDCHILDREN ALLEN OWENS, TIMARA JACKSON, TAYLOR SHOCKLY, JOSHUA CLARK, ANDREW OWENS, TIMOTHY OWENS III,DEWAYNE OWENS,CLOSE FRIEND AND EX HUSBAND TIMOTHY D. OWENS SR. 4 GOD CHILDREN MARCINNI LEAL, JEREMIAH REDDITT, DJ AND SHAMARI HANNAH JR. A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A LOVING CHURCH FAMILY. “TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY MEANS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD” THE STRUGGLE IS OVER AND SHE HAS GONE ON TO THE OTHER SIDE WHERE SHE CAN REST IN THE ARMS OF THE LORD. JOY’S FINAL SONG SHE SANG “WHAT DID YOU GET FROM JESUS” TELLS US THAT WE GOT JOY FROM THE LORD FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THAT HE HAD CALLED HIS JOY BACK HOME TO HIM..

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