[mdash] Betty "Joyce" Bryant Purdy departed this life on July 17, 2025. A service celebrating her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on September 12, 2025, at her gravesite at the Tahlequah City Cemetery. The family requests those wishing to send an expression of sympathy to consider donations in Joyce's name to the Cherokee County Humane Society, P.O. Box 1354, Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464 or PayPal Humane Society of Cherokee County@humanecherokeecounty.