Lyle

Lyle Joy Ruth Cox Lyle entered her eternal resting place early on Feb. 8, 2024.

She was born April 4, 1963, in Victoria to the parents of Wayne Allen Cox Sr. and Dorothy Marie Cox Casimir (Dollery). She was raised in Bay City where she attended grade school. During that time, she met her forever sweetheart, James “Jim” Eastman Lyle, at 12 years old. A year later, they joined their lives as one on April 6, 1978. Joy graduated from Bay City High School in 1982 and briefly attended Victoria College. While attending college, she worked at J.C. Penney, where she found a passion for retail and communicating with community members.

In 1986, she gave birth to her son, James Alexander Lyle I, in Victoria. While raising James, she loved taking him to Riverside Park, where they would walk. She enjoyed her time in Victoria with Jim and James. A few years later, they moved to La Grange, where they currently reside.

In 1996, Joy gave birth to her daughter, Jonna Annette Trevino (Lyle). Their family was complete. Joy Worked at Bealls in La Grange for 8.5 years until she switched to home health care. Joy loved taking care of others. She had a huge heart and the sweetest soul and would do anything to ensure everyone was happy.

After working in retail, she became a CNA nurse and began working at Schulenburg Regency Nursing Home, where she worked for over 10 years. She loved her time working in Schulenburg. In 2018, she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. It would have been 5 years of remission this coming June. She was a fighter and a Survivor.

You would find Joy at every school function for her children. She was very supportive of her husband and children in everything they did. She was best known around town as Mrs. Claus around Christmas. She loved the Lord dearly and devoted her life to Jesus at a young age. She was raised in the Pentecostal and Baptist church. She loved rock-n-roll music and the movie Dirty Dancing. In her spare time, she loved going to the beach, fishing, cross-stitching, spending time with her family and friends, and enjoying life. She was a hard worker and never let any obstacle get in her way. She would always say, “Give it to God”. She was tough and full of joy, just like her name.

Joy is preceded in death by both of her parents, Wayne Allen Cox Sr. and Dorothy Marie Casimir (Dollery); her in-laws, Effie Eastman Johns and William Alexander Lyle Sr.; her sister, Estella Marie Cox; her brother-in-law, William Alexander Lyle Jr.; her uncle, Henry Monroe Dollery Jr.; and her cousins, Virginia Privitt and Robert John Privitt Jr.

Joy is survived by her husband, James “Jim” Eastman Lyle; her son, James Alexander Lyle I (Rhea); her daughter, Jonna Annette Trevino (David); her grandchildren, James Alexander Lyle II and William Russell Lyle; her brothers, Wayne Allen Cox Jr., and George Monroe Cox (Emie), and her aunts, Mary Allgood and Glenda Dollery; her sister-in-law, Lynel Welvaert (Jim); her cousins, Sarah Allgood (Dora), Susan Lawrence (Richard, Raven, and Richard), Carlton Ivan Dollery (Debbie), Tessia Ann Stastny (Julius), Clint Dollery and Cody Dollery (Jay); her nieces and nephews, Jamie Michele Rainey (Shawn, Ashton, and Branton), Joseph Russell Boyd (Brandi and Benjamin), Ghea Moneka Abalos (Paulo), and Tia Marie Henderson (Ethan, Hank, and Chase) and her best friend, Kimberly “Kimmie” J. Hackebeil.

Visitation Services will be held at Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home & Cremations in La Grange on March 9, 2024 from 1 to 2 p.m.

Memorial services will be held at Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home on March 9 at 2 p.m. in La Grange. Following the Service, a meal will be served at Calvery Baptist Church in La Grange.

The final resting place will be at a later time.

Flower arrangements through Blooming Junction can be sent to: Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home & Cremations, 208 W. Pearl St., La Grange, TX 78945.

In lieu of flowers, if you would like to make a Monetary donation to help with funeral expenses, please send to: The Lyle Family, P.O. Box 474, La Grange, Texas 78945.

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Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home & Cremations in La Grange.