Joy Kerr, 81, of Beauxart Gardens, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009 at her residence.
Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Thursday, June 25, 2009 in the chapel of Broussard’s in Nederland. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 pm, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at the mortuary.
Mrs. Kerr was a native of Yantis, Texas and lived in the area since 1954. She was a homemaker and will be remembered as a person who enjoyed farming and had a special love for all animals, having rescued many and giving them a special home.
Mrs. Kerr is survived by her husband of sixty-two years, James Kerr of Beauxart Gardens; daughters, Judy Milton and her husband David of Nederland and Linda Byrd and her husband James of Nacogdoches; son, James Kerr and his wife Janna of Nederland; eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; brothers, Dick Gloar of Tacoma, Washington and Travis Gloar of Beauxart Gardens; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions in Mrs. Kerr’s memory may be directed to The Humane Society of Southeast Texas, P.O. Box 1629, Beaumont, Texas 77704 or Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, North Carolina 28201.
