Patricia New Joy
Patricia New Joy
Patricia New Joy
1937-2026
Patricia New Joy, 89, passed peacefully in her home in Rogers, Arkansas on Sunday July 19, 2026, from natural causes. Patty Joy was born in Maryville, Missouri on April 21, 1937, the daughter of Bill and Grace New.
Patty attended Maryville High School and graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville with an education major. After graduation Patty married James Joy of Conception, Missouri in June of 1958. Patty taught kindergarten and 1st grade for 3 years in Orange County, California. Jim and Patty lived in Panama and Italy as well as six states during his 33-year Marine Corps career. Patty was very active as a Marine Officer’s wife. She gave support to other wives in peacetime and war. Patty also had to run the household alone (with two young daughters) for months sometimes up to a year at war time. After retirement Patty and Jim moved to Rogers in 2003. She was an active member of Central United Methodist Church in Rogers.
She was preceded in death by her husband Brigadier General James R Joy, USMC and her sister, Marilyn Brand of Tucson, Arizona.
Patty is survived by her daughters, Amy Celec and husband, Mike of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Abby McCullough and husband Anthony of Rogers; sisters Donna Tock of Atlanta, Georgia; Sherry Bell of Maryville; brother Bill New of Maryville; grandchildren Scott Celec and Sara Celec-Holt of Virginia Beach; Paige Combs of Bentonville, Arkansas; Carson McCullough of Greensboro, North Carolina and great grandson Milo Combs of Bentonville and many nephews and nieces.
A special thanks to her caregivers Ana Roman, Linda Nel, Liz Larkin and Glen Weeks as well as Circle of Life Hospice. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial contributions be made to Circle of Life, Bentonville.
Celebration of Life will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 31, 2026, at Central United Methodist Church in Rogers. She will at a later date be buried in Arlington National Cemetery next to her husband James R Joy. A livestream of this service may be watched at www.youtube.com/@centralrogers. Online condolences to www.bentoncountyfuneralhome.com
