Born in Texas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Mabin Willard Armistead
and Georgiann (Grimes) Armistead
Sister of
Virginia Lee (Armistead) Anderson, Dorothy Bonnell (Armistead) Van Husen, Laura Annice (Armistead) Riggs, Mabin Willard Armistead and Nancy Ann (Armistead) Baker
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 81
in United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Joyce Elaine Armistead was born 2 Jan 1931 in Texas. She was the daughter of Mabin Willard Armistead and Georgiann Grimes.[1][2]
1940 United States Census, Enumeration District 186-1A, Ft. Stockton, Commissioner's Precinct 1, Pecos County, Texas:[3]
| Name | Relation | Sex | Status | Age | Birth Place | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maben Armistead | Head | Male | Married | 47 | Alabama | Carpenter - Building Construction |
| Georgia Ann Armistead | Wife | Female | Married | 35 | Texas | |
| Virginia Lee Armistead | Daughter | Female | Single | 16 | Texas | |
| Dorothy B Armistead | Daughter | Female | Single | 15 | Texas | |
| Laura Armistead | Daughter | Female | Single | 12 | Texas | |
| Joyce Armistead | Daughter | Female | Single | 9 | Texas | |
| Maben W Armistead | Son | Male | Single | 7 | Texas | |
| Nancy Ann Armistead | Daughter | Female | Single | 2 | Texas |
She had another sibling who was born after 1940, making her the middle child.[2]
On 1 Feb 1951 Reverend Luther Holcomb, pastor of the Lakewood Baptist Church, united Joyce Elaine Armistead and James Francis "Jim" Beird in marriage in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.[4] They were the parents of three children. Jim Beird died in 1968.[5][2]
In 1974 she was married to John Schroeder. He died in 2010.[2]
In 1997, she was mentioned as one of the surviving children in the biography of her mother, Georgiann Grimes Armistead.[6]
"Joyce graduated from Fort Stockton High School, after which she attended Fashion Design School in Dallas...[she] worked as a travel agent in Matteson, Illinois...[she had ] interests in golf, art and travel." She was the mother of three and had six grown grandchildren at the time of her death.[2]
Joyce Elaine Armistead Beird Schroeder passed away in 28 Nov 2012. She was buried in Midland, Texas, next to her second husband in Resthaven Memorial Park.[2][7]
Sources
- ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNR-6YX : 4 April 2020), Joyce Armistead, 02 Jan 1931; citing Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas, United States, certificate 7527, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,281,359.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Joyce Elaine Schroeder (Obituary)" Paradise Sunset Chapel Funeral Home", Phoenix, Arizona.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4SY-VGW : 22 December 2019), Joyce Armistead in household of Maben Armistead, Fort Stockton, Commissioner's Precinct 1, Pecos, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 186-1A, sheet 3B, line 42, family 57, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4122.
- ↑ Dallas County Clerk's Office; Dallas, TX; Dallas County Marriage Records; Ancestry.com, "Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965" [database on-line]. Ancestry Image or Ancestry Sharing Link
- ↑ "Beird (Obituary)," Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 3 Jun 1968, p. 36, col. 5; image copy, ‘’Newspapers.com’’ (http://www.newspapers.com: accessed 28 Nov 2020).
- ↑ "Georgiann Grimes Armistead (Obituary)," Newspapers.com, Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas), 31 Jan 1997, Page 46, accessed and clipped 15 Feb 2020.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228135883/joyce-elaine-schroeder: accessed 04 August 2022), memorial page for Joyce Elaine Armistead Schroeder (2 Jan 1931–28 Nov 2012), Find A Grave: Memorial #228135883, citing First Presbyterian Church Columbarium, Midland, Midland County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Shay Hillman (contributor 48626440).
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