Joyce Sandra Newlin was born May 26, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her twin brother Jon Livengood.  Their parents, Robert and Mary Frances (Neville) Livengood brought them home to Manchester, Oklahoma on Friday the 13th of June, so they always considered this date to be lucky.  Joyce grew up on the family homestead southeast of Manchester and graduated from Manchester High School in 1959.  She then attended NEO in Miami Oklahoma and finished her teaching degree at Emporia Teachers College (Emporia State University).

On April 7, 1963, Joyce was united in marriage with James Newlin.  They made their home on a Ranch near Clearwater, Kansas, where they spent 50 years raising Herefords and quarter horses.  They were blessed with one son, Jamie, and one daughter, Staci.

Joyce was a very good athlete (softball and basketball).  She played AAU basketball with the Flying Queens for a few years.  She was an avid water skier and loved her and Jim's sailboat.  She then turned her love for athletics to her kids and grandkids. Joyce very seldom missed an event her grandkids were involved in.  She and Jim drove to Thibodaux, Louisiana to watch volleyball and Tulsa to watch cheer and every junior high and high school activity her grandchildren participated in.

In 2011, Joyce and Jim retired and moved to the Livengood homestead.  It was here on September 4, 2024 that Joyce passed away at the age of 83.  She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Jon and his wife Maggie; sister-in-law, Lawanna Newlin; brother-in-law, Bob Newlin; son-in-law, Kurt Layton; and niece, Cindy Livengood.

Joyce will be deeply missed by her husband, Jim; her children: Jamie Newlin and wife, Renee and Staci Berntsen and husband, Chad; 9 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren:  Amanda Becker and husband, Josh and children, Blakely, Emryn, and Hallie, Alexis Jackle and husband Jarred, Treyson Layton and daughter Bella, Kyle Newlin and wife, Tristan and children, Tripp and Kash, Kody Newlin and wife, Kinzie, Kyndall Layton; Kole Newlin and wife, Saige and son, Jameson; Krew Newlin, and Zayne Berntsen;  other relatives and a host of friends.

Memorial Service will be held at 13:00 on Friday the 13th of September 2024 at Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Anthony.  Following the memorial service the family invites everyone to join them at the Manchester Community Building.

Friends may sign the register from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials in memory of Joyce may be made to Hospice Circle of Love, Enid, OK or to the Harper County Health Foundation for the Dialysis Unit, and can be sent in care of Prairie Rose Funeral Home, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003.