A Memorial Service for Barbara Joan Mavis of Mountain Home, Arkansas, will be 5:00 pm, Sunday, August 05, 2018, at Mountain Home Bible Church, with Reverend Mike Bennett officiating.
Joan passed away July 29, 2018, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 95. She was born March 24, 1923, in Bath, England, the daughter of Herbert and Edith Greeman Elford. She married Willard Mavis on August 10, 1945, in Bath, England, was a homemaker and mother. Joan lived in Mountain Home since moving from Lake Zurich, Illinois, in 1972. She was a member of the Alley-White American Legion Auxiliary and Mountain Home Bible Church. She enjoyed gardening, board games and was an active community volunteer.
Joan is survived by her daughters, Joyce Beth (Michael) Courtney of Anchorage, AK, Heather Sue (Tim) Fitzmaurice of Mountain Home, AR, grandchildren, TJ (Jenny) Fitzmaurice, Lindsey (Eric) Hardin, Hannah (Zach) Bowling and 7 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Doreen Ann Lucido; son, Micheal Elford Mavis; husband, Willard C. Mavis, her parents, brother and 2 sisters from England.
Memorials may be made to the Mountain Home Bible Church, 145 Pioneer Trail Drive or the Bargain Box, 501 Coley Drive, Mountain Home, AR, 72653.
Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas.