Joyce Elam

Barbara Joyce (Blailock) Elam, 74, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at a medical center in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, in the Scranton Cemetery near the community of Scranton in southwest Eastland County, Texas, officiated by Rev. Wes Terry. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Born in Sweetwater, Texas on July 29, 1940, Joyce was the daughter of Nola Beatrice (Knight) and Robert Edgar Blailock. She married James Herbert Elam on November 21, 1959 in Cisco, Texas. She was a homemaker and a member of Broadview Baptist Church in Abilene. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, James Edgar Blailock. Joyce is survived by her husband, James Elam of Abilene; four children and spouses, Denise Elam of Abilene, Rob Elam and wife Ja`nice of Ashdown, Arkansas, Charline Matson and husband Rick of Abilene, and Niki Holder and husband C.J. of Tuscola; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Survivors also include two sisters, Betty Ann Rhynes and husband Theldon of Abilene, and Bobbie Sue Belanger of Azle, Texas, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorials may be made to the Broadview Baptist Church, World Mission Fund, 2500 South 27th Street, Abilene, TX 79605.