Joyce Faye King

Memorial services for Joyce King will be June 21, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Wellington Baptist Temple with Darik Jones officiating. Graveside services will be June 28, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery with Thure Tolson officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka. Joyce Faye King, daughter of the late Ernest Theodore Fredrick and Sadie Emily (Landreth) Rauch, was born December 9, 1941, at Waynoka and passed away peacefully June 8, 2025, at Alva, at the age of 83 years, 5 months, and 30 days. Joyce was raised in Waynoka where she attended school and graduated from Waynoka High School. On June 6, 1959, she was united in marriage to Charles Freeman King, I, at Morning Star Baptist Church. They made their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Charles began his Railroad Career, moving several times with the railroad, settling in Waynoka in the early 70's until moving to Wellington, Kansas in 1986. Joyce King was a faithful servant and deeply involved in every church she attended. From teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School to organizing Skate Nights, she poured her heart into nurturing faith in others. She also fount great purpose in her work with the elderly in both Waynoka and Wellington—caring for others with compassion and grace. To many, she was simply Grandma Joyce, but to Paris and Titan, she was affectionately known as “Grandma Queen.” She was truly the ultimate prayer warrior, lifting up her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren in constant prayer. Joyce had a deep love for reading and passed that passion on to the generations after her. Whether it was her favorite westerns, BBC dramas, or a good Hallmark movie, she enjoyed the simple joys of a story well told. Her faith, her love, and her prayers were the foundation of her family—and her legacy will live on in each of us. Besides her parents, Ernest and Sadie, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; her daughter, Lori Brown; her brothers, Carl Rauch, Earl Rauch, and Willie Rauch; her sisters, Carol Carberry, Edna Eggleston, and Marie Rauch; and one grandson, Charles L. W. King. She is survived by her son, Charles “Chuck” King, II, and his wife, Michelle, of South Haven, Kansas; her daughters, Gayla Milledge and her husband, Larry, of Waynoka, and Cathy King-Briscoe and her husband, Jordan, of Wellington, Kansas; her son-in-law, Rick Brown of Alva; one sister, Idabel Johnson of North Carolina; her grandchildren, Eric Milledge and his wife, Stephanie, Emily Lehr and her husband, Jeremy, Talem Garcia, William (Billy) King, Izabella King, Caroline King, Orry King, Ian King, and Rafferty Brown and his wife, Ashlie; great grandchildren, Aspen, Wesley, and Serenity Milledge, Paris and Titan Smith-Dunn, Apollo and Persephone King, Cullen and Ollivander Fisher, Jamie and Yandell Garcia, and Wilder Priest; other relatives and friends.

Joyce Faye King

December 9, 1941 - June 8, 2025