Joy Thompson

Joy Cheryl Thompson, 78, of Ash Flat, Arkansas passed away August 16, 2022 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was born July 4, 1944 in Ringgold, Georgia and grew up enjoying music of all kinds and becoming a master quilter. Joy loved her family and worked as a sincere homemaker for them. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Elmer and Sarah Akins Swicegood and a brother, David Swicegood. Survivors include her husband, Larry; son, Jonathan of Memphis, Tennessee; daughters, Alice Rae Galbraith of Ash Flat and Cheryl Kay Morrell (Drew) of Sherman, Texas; eight grandchildren: Amber, Dakota, Heather, Dustin, Jade, Alonzo, Dominique, and Nathan; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Carolyn Gayler of Ringgold, Georgia; as well as many other relatives and good friends. Per her wishes no services are planned. Arrangements are with Tri-County Funeral Home of Highland, Arkansas.