A funeral service for Mrs. Velma Joy Ann Myers Wilburn, age 68, of Marshall, TX formerly of Carthage, TX, will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bob Scott officiating. Interment will follow in Ramah Cemetery in Tenaha, TX. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Wilburn passed away on Friday morning, Aug. 16, 2013, at her home in Marshall.

Velma Joy Ann Myers Wilburn was born on Aug. 29, 1944, in Shelby County, TX to the late Jesse Leon and Wylma Matilda McCune Myers. Joy attended Paxton and Tenaha Schools. She married James Harrell Wilburn on Aug. 15, 1961, in Center, TX and he preceded her in death on June 7, 2011. Joy was a former member of First Assembly of God in Carthage. She loved to sing, play the piano, and praise the Lord. Joy moved to Marshall in 2008. She was also preceded in death by an infant brother, William Lee Myers and one great-grandson Aaron Bell.

Mrs. Wilburn is survived by two daughters, Deborah Casteel and husband Chris of Marshall and Patricia Keen and husband Alvin of Friendswood; one brother, Larry Myers and wife Lisa of Center; four sisters, Gerry Jacques of Doyline, LA, Mavis Campbell and husband Adolph of Shreveport, Shirley Estes of Carthage, and Rose Crawford of Tenaha; brother-in-law, Douglas Wilburn and wife Barbara of Rusk; three grandchildren, Jamie and Sydney Bell and Kristen Grooms; and three great-grandchildren, Jimmy Bell and Lucas and Torunn Roberts.

Serving as pallbearers are Alvin Keen, Steven Moore, Roger Humphries, Phillip Humphries, Glen Wilburn, and Michael Hopkins.

If desired, memorials may be made to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.