Joyce Ann ‘Nanny’ Pryor

Joyce Ann Clark “Nanny” Pryor, 80, passed away April 27, 2025, at her home in Hennessey surrounded by family.

Funeral services were Thursday, May 1, at Dover Christian Church. Burial followed at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home.

Joyce was born in Fay on April 13, 1945, to Eula Letha and Milton Lynn Clark. She attended school in Fay.

Joyce married Clarence Edward “Eddie” Pryor on July 15, 1964, in Perryton, Texas.

To this marriage two children were born: daughter Arlinda Jill Vincent and husband Clay, and son Martin Sean Pryor.

Joyce worked alongside her husband, from a secretary to his multiple businesses all the way to an assistant home flipper and a home renovator.

She also obtained her real estate license and worked at the Center Family of Love.

Joyce had five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, several step-grandchildren and one great-grandchild soon to be born.

She is also survived by four sisters, Freda Edsall of Kingfisher, Linda Hazel of Hennessey, Phyllis Hinkley of Edmond and Judy Hazel and husband Robert Wayne of Anthony, Kan.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, two sisters and several brothers-in-law.