Joyce Marie (Bason) Smith was born July 9, 1923 in Frost Texas to Isaac R. Bason and Beulah (Brewer)
Bason. She was one of seven children born to this union. She accepted Christ as her personal Savior in
her very early adult life and was a life-long, faithful and loving servant of her Lord. She and her first
husband, Richard N. Northern, moved to Oklahoma where she would remain during her lifetime. She
was a dedicated Baptist. Joyce met Earl Smith at Tulsa Baptist Temple, and the two enjoyed 21 years of
marriage before his death in 1988.
Joyce was a dedicated worker in the church, attending Central Baptist Church after she and earl moved
to Owasso. She had a card ministry in her later years that escalated after she was no longer physically
able to attend church services. It was not just a card that she sent but, she always included a note. She
did this more so after she was no longer physically able to attend church services.
Joyce had many friends in the Tulsa and Owasso areas, and kept in touch with them through the years,
until Alzheimer’s began to take its toll. Her last five years were spent in a nursing care facility where she
was loved and well cared for. She joined her Lord in Heaven on June 5, 2015.
Joyce was preceded in death by her husband Earl Smith, daughter Linda Murray, and grandson Shawn
Murray, and step-son George Smith. She is survived by her son Don Northern, grandson Jared Northern
and wife Sheila, great grandsons Austin and Tyler, stepdaughters Peggy Farmer and Starla Purinton,
stepson Joe Smith, and nieces Lou Ann Cacy, Missy Felean, and Rita Longton, great niece Cathy Ann
Sohn, and great nephew Jeff Gilbert.
