Joyce Lori 'Joy' Landers McCasland Upton

(October 24, 1924 ~ February 26, 2001)

Joyce, daughter of Arthur VanBuren Landers and Izora Barrington, married 1st to Robert William McCasland, married 2nd to Irvine Grant 'Irve' Upton and buried in McBee Cemetery, Ovalo, Taylor County, Texas.

Joy L. Upton, 76, formerly of Ovalo, died Monday, February 26, 2001, in Forest Manor Nursing Home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Services were Saturday, March 3, in Ovalo Baptist Church with the Reverend Ed Jackson officiating. Burial was in McBee Cemetery directed by Fry-Bartlett Funeral Home of Tuscola.

Joyce was born to Arthur VanBuren Landers and Izora Barrington Landers in Ovalo, where she graduated from high school. She attended Hardin-Simmons University for three years, Joyce married Irve G. Upton in 1945 in San Antonio. They moved to Dallas from Connecticut in 1950. She worked as a respitory (sic - respitatory) therapist at St. Paul Medical Center for 20 years retiring in 1985.

She was a long time member of Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas. She moved to Tuscaloosa in 1998 to be near her daughter.

She was preceded in death by her (sic - 1st husband Robert W. McCasland and 2nd) husband, Irve Upton; a son Randy Upton; two brothers, A. V. Landers and Eldon Landers; and one sister, Charlene Stephens.

Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Pamela and John D. Toppins of Tuscaloosa; two brothers, T. O. Landers of Grand Prairie and Don Landers of Azle; and two grandchildren; Ashley Toppins and Kevin Toppins, both of Tuscaloosa.

Memorials may be made to Ovalo Baptist Church, Ovalo, TX 19541.

FRY-BARTLETT FUNERAL HOME, Tuscola, Texas.

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