Joyce (Mansell) Boyles

Joyce Mansell Boyles, 78 years old of Russellville, AL. passed away March 13, 2021 at Helen Keller Hospital.

Graveside service will be 11:00 am, Monday, March 15, 2021, at Franklin Memory Gardens.

Joyce was born February 15, 1943, to Hubert and Nellie Mae Mansell.

She retired as a supervisor at H.D. Lee Company.

Joyce loved her family, gardening in her flowers and rose bushes, watching and feeding her hummingbirds, and cheering on the Alabama Crimson Tide.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Qualand Boyles; her parents; her five brothers and two sisters; and her great grandchildren, Shawn and Lyla Presley.

Joyce leaves to cherish her memory, her daughter, Kim Boyles; her sons, Kirk Boyles (Kathy) and Ken Boyles (Rhonda); her sister, Barbara Pace; four sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law; a special niece, Cathy Robertson; her grandchildren, Natasha, Derrick, Shonda, Courtney, Heath, Justin and Keslie; her fourteen great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Justin Boyles, Derrick Herron, Heath Boyles, Trent Shackelford, Houston Hovater, and Tyler Newton.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Keller EMS, Helen Keller Hospital E.R. and ICU staff, and to Dr. Mansell.

Akins Funeral Home is assisting the family.