Beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Joyce M. Tate, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2026 in Branson, MO at the age of 94.
Joyce Mae Weeks was born on August 23, 1932 in Corwin, Harper County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Franklin William Weeks and Juanita Fay (Moore) Weeks. She was a devoted wife and mother, caring for her family. She also worked at School of the Ozarks.
Joyce enjoyed photography, painting, writing and reading. She used her talent at writing to author different stories and poems. Joyce was also the family historian and enjoyed researching genealogy.
Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, Franklin William Weeks and Juanita Fay Coffelt; her husband, Earl Dean Tate; siblings, William John Weeks, Maryetta Layton and Dale Ray Weeks and three sons-in-law, Jack Chambers, Steve Croswhite and Gerald Batson.
Joyce will be deeply missed by her children, Earldean Tate (MaryAnn), Alvin Eugene Tate, Kathryn May Burney (C.E.), Marilyn Kay Batson, Carrlotta Ann Chambers and Danetta Fay Croswhite; her brothers, Raymond Wayne Weeks and Danny Lee Weeks; sister, Bonnie Fay Curtright; along with her eighteen grandchildren and numerous great and great-great grandchildren.
Services will be Friday, October 23, 2026 in Snapp-Bearden Funeral Home & Crematory, Branson. Visitation will begin at 1:00 pm with the funeral to follow at 2:00 pm. Burial will be in Cedar Valley Cemetery, Hollister.
