Effie "Joyce" Dukes McCurry, 82, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 3, 2016, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with Rev. John Warner officiating. Mrs. McCurry will be laid to rest at Lawrence Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday, January 2, 2016, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Born December 30, 1933, Mrs. McCurry was the daughter of the late William Dukes and Bernice Coarsey Dukes. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Jack Hamby; her second husband, James McCurry; and a son, James Earl Hamby. She was a homemaker and member of Chicota Baptist Church in Chicota, Texas.
Mrs. McCurry is survived by two sons, Charles Hamby of Arlington, Texas and John Thomas Hamby of Bogalusa, Louisiana; one daughter, Elizabeth Jane Vogt of Denton, Texas; two brothers, Kenneth Dukes of Valdosta and William Dukes of Tifton; three sisters, Pansy Perry, Olivia Fullington and Ginger Murray, all of Tifton; 11 grandchildren, April Partin, Brandon Hamby, Holly Hamby, John Hamby, Hope Saulter, Kristin Hamby, Amanda Rosser, Derek Vogt, Emily Vogt, Kasandra Hamby and Aimee O’Donnell; and nine great-grandchildren.