Joyce Carty

Joyce Jeannette Carty, maiden name: Johnson. Joyce Jeannette Carty died July 14, 2015 at home in Boulder City, Nevada at the age of 68 following a short illness. Joyce was born in Ridgecrest, California, delivered by Dr. Drummond on July 30, 1946. She was the middle child of Zeleon E. and Mary J. Johnson. Dr. Ellis Tiffany officiated the wedding of Joyce to Robert D. Carty at the All Faith Chapel, China Lake, California on October 10, 1964. Robert and Joyce celebrated their Golden 50th anniversary last year. Joyce graduated from Burroughs High School in 1964, and from the Cerro Coso LVN program in May 1976. Initially after graduation, she worked as a nurse in the emergency room at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. Then she worked at Drummond Medical Group as Dr. Gregory V. Bart's nurse for 17 years until her retirement. Joyce is survived by her husband of 50 years, Robert D. Carty of Boulder City Nevada, Daughter Jeannette I. Williams of Denver, Colorado; son, Jon R. Carty, of Boulder City Nevada, Granddaughter Kahlilah J. Kilgore of Denver, Colorado, Grandson, Derrick W. Meyer-Carty of Boulder City, Nevada, granddaughter, Scarlett S. Williams, of Denver, Colorado, and younger sister, Nora K. Arnold of Ridgecrest, California. She was preceded in death by her older brother Michael Z. Johnson November 17, 2012 and her parents, Zeleon E. Johnson, November 21, 2002 and Mary J. Johnson, September 25, 2007. There will be a memorial service on July 25, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at Holland & Lyons Mortuary located at 216 S. Norma St., Ridgecrest, California 93555. Interment of her ashes will follow at Desert Memorial Park, Ridgecrest, California.