Joyce Ann Farley

Joyce Farley was born on May 22, 1936 in Bethany, Kentucky and left her earthly home to be with Jesus, her Lord & Savior, on August 23, 2026 in Midwest City, OK.

Joyce graduated from Siloam Springs High School in 1954. She went to Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois for 2 years. She was accepted into the 3-year nursing program at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1956, graduating in 1959. She then returned for one semester at Greenville College to complete her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Her first nursing job at Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City marked the beginning of a lifetime of kindness in caretaking and servanthood. Other servanthood stops included nursing positions at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, Midwest City Hospital, American Red Cross Blood Services, and as Volunteer Housemother for the Deaconess Home, as well as Midwest City Welcome Lady.

Joyce had a zeal for life and adventure. She was an avid reader and prayer warrior. She loved to be outside taking care of her gardens & flowers. She loved to watch every Oklahoma City Thunder game and even learned every player’s name. She didn’t get to fish very often, but on her 87th birthday she caught her last fish in the pond at the Goering Family Farm in Galva, Kansas. She loved to travel, even hopping on a plane to Seattle, Washington after her 90th birthday to visit her sister, Charlotte.

Joyce has been a lifelong attendee of Free Methodist churches and has been a member of the Midwest City Free Methodist Church since October 1966, where she served in countless roles.

Joyce met the love of her life, James B. Farley, on a blind skate date on June 30, 1961 and would wed on June 9, 1962. They were blessed with four children: Jennifer Lynn, James Michael, John Wesley and Jeffery Martin Farley.

Joyce was preceded in death by her husband James Berry Farley; her parents, Wallace Martin Smith & Julia Marie Ellis Smith; and, a great grandson, Roman Elijah Duckworth.

She is survived by all of her siblings: Charlotte Huntsinger & husband Virgil of Stanwood Washington; Charles Smith & wife Sue of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; Paul Smith & wife Toni of Siloam Springs, AR; her children: Jennifer Crandall & husband Dan of Wichita, Kansas; James Farley of Midwest City, OK; John Farley of Midwest City, OK & Jeffery Farley & wife Paula of Midwest City, OK; grandchildren: Brent Crandall & wife Kristy of Wichita, KS, Amy Crandall of Wichita, KS; Laura (Crandall) Coates & husband Casey of Galva, KS; Chelsea (Crandall) Goering & husband Matthew of Galva, KS; Hannah (Crandall) Duckworth & husband Collin of McPherson, KS; Ryan Crandall & wife Londyn of Wichita, KS; Jonathan Crandall of Wichita, KS; Andrew Crandall of Wichita, KS; Grace Crandall of McPherson, KS; Clarissa Farley of Midwest City, OK; Melanie Immel of Edmond, OK; Jeremy Immel & wife Keara of Bellevue, NE; Richard Immel & wife Amanda of Colorado Springs, CO; Twenty-three great-grandchildren and many cousins, nieces and nephews.