Edna Joyce Curnutt, 84, passed quietly into the arms of her Lord and Savior on January 31,2026, surrounded by her family and enveloped in love. Joyce was born July 6, 1941, and raised in Harlan County, Kentucky, a place that shaped her values and her grit. A daughter of the late Lawrence and Goldie Edna Jones Gilbert. Joyce was the oldest of eleven children, and from an early age she learned responsibility, patience, and how to care for others, qualities she carried with her