Obituary

Funeral services for Joyce LaVonne Neis, 75, of Plainview will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Abernathy First Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Robertson and the Rev. Mike O'Donnell officiating. Burial will follow in Abernathy Cemetery by Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Abernathy. Mrs. Neis died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 24, 1934, in Cotton Center and married Vernon Lindy Neis on Oct. 14, 1951, in Abernathy. She attended school in Cotton Center and graduated from Abernathy High School in 1951. She lived in Abernathy until moving to Plainview in 1997. She was a former member of Abernathy First Baptist Church and was a member of College Heights Baptist Church in Plainview. Survivors include her husband; five children, Randy Neis of Plainview, Michele Crowell and husband John of Pampa, Blane Neis and wife Julie of Abernathy, Alan Neis and wife Elena of San Antonio and Rhonda Mauch and husband Ski of Colorado Springs, Colo.; one sister, Tommye Ruth Stallings of Abernathy; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Eloise Rieff. The family suggests memorials to Interim Hospice, Abernathy Cemetery or a favorite charity. Online condolences: www.MyPlainview.com