Joyce L. (Gilbert) Harper

Joyce L. (Gilbert) Harper, age 79, away on Monday, August 19, 2013 at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, and burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.  Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate.  Pallbearers are Gary Harper, John Gilbert, Jr., Adam Harper, Logan Harper, Gary Saunders, and Cade Harper. Joyce was born on September 2, 1933 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas to Orville Gilbert and Opal (Brown) Gilbert.  She graduated from high school in Shawnee and married Andrew Harper in 1951.  She worked as a wiring technician for Western Electric and also made equipment for Southwestern Bell.  Joyce was a good Christian lady who loved to crochet, and she love to live life to the fullest. She is survived by one son, Gary Harper of Choctaw, Oklahoma; one brother, John Gilbert of Powderly, Texas; two sisters, Mildred Pratt of Paris, Texas, and Doris Major of Dallas, Texas; nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Orville and Opal Gilbert; her husband, Andrew Harper; and one son, Tony Harper. Funeral Information: August 22, 2013, 2:00 AM Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel of Konawa located at 217 N. Broadway, Konawa, OK 74849