Mrs. Joyce Marie Solomon, 77, a lifelong area resident of Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Friday, February 19, 2010 at the Sarcoxie Nursing Center in Sarcoxie, Missouri. Joyce entered this life on July 20, 1932 in rural Sarcoxie, Missouri born to the union of the late Harry and Etta (Begley) Archer. She was raised on the family farm near LaRussell, Missouri and was a 1951 graduate of Sarcoxie High School. Throughout her life she was a devoted homemaker to her husband and a member of the Freedom Christian Fellowship Church in Sarcoxie. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arthur Solomon; an infant brother, Harry Donald Archer; and a sister, Faye Nell Kucmerosky. Joyce is survived by a sister, Ruth Marsh of Pocola, Oklahoma; two nephews, Bill Conrow of Alma, Arkansas and David Conrow of Ft. Smith, Arkansas; three nieces, Diana Norman of Greenwood, Arkansas, Pat Crowell and Terry Peters both of the state of Connecticut; seven great nieces and nephews; a close family friend, Jean Craig of Sarcoxie, Missouri; as well as a host of other family and friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Solomon are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 in the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri with Pastor Don Sullivan officiating. Burial will follow in the Cave Springs Cemetery near Sarcoxie, Missouri. The family will receive friends on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.