Joy Lea Thomasee

A celebration of life service for Mrs. Joy Lea Thomasee will be held Friday, December 19, 2008 at the residence located at 135 Circle Drive in Natchitoches, LA. The family will receive friends all day and a “Memorial Service” will be held at 5:30p.m. at the residence. Arrangements are being handled by Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Mrs. Joy Lea Thomasee, 66, of Natchitoches passed away Thursday, December 11, 2008. She was born April 8, 1942 to the late Thomas Edward Howell and Audrey Mae (McIlwain) Howell. She worked as a seamstress for many years in the Natchitoches area. She will be fondly remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sibling. Joy Lea will be dearly missed by all that knew her. Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Lynwood Thomasee; four daughters, Beverly Sparks of Natchitoches, Julie Kim Pradillo of Natchitoches, Donna Thomasee of Natchitoches, Pam Thompson of Tyrone, OK; two sisters, Lena Mae South of Irvington, AL, Jean Coffman of Blanchard, LA; three brothers, Carroll Howell of Natchitoches, Byron Howell of Baytown, TX, Tommy Howell of Stonewall, LA; seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.