Joy
Marie (Cobb) Chapman
Haskell
Joy Marie (Cobb) Chapman, 92, passed away
Saturday morning, May 19, 2012, at Haskell
Memorial Hospital in Haskell. She was a member
of the First Baptist Church and The Lydia Sunday
School class. Services are planned for 2:00
p.m., Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at the First
Baptist Church in Haskell with Dr. Troy
Culpepper and Rev. Jim McCurley officiating.
Burial will be at Roberts Cemetery under the
direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes.
Visitation is Tuesday evening, May 22, from 6:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Joy Marie Cobb was born in Haskell County on
December 31, 1919, to Truett C. and Myrtle
Wheatley Cobb. She attended Roberts School and
then graduated from Haskell High School in 1936.
Joy married Jack Chapman at Roberts Baptist
Church on April 16, 1942. Mrs. Chapman was a
homemaker and integral part of the family farm
and ranch operation. She was ambitious and
worked a variety of jobs including working at an
aircraft factory during her one year stint in
California. Though she had many talents, she
found her niche in the ladies retail shoe
business. Joy was most known for being the owner
of the Slipper Shoppe in Haskell and for being
supportive of family and community activities.
She rarely missed an athletic, academic or
community event.
Mrs. Chapman is preceded in death by her
parents, Truett and Myrtle Cobb; her husband,
Jack Chapman; 2 sisters, Evelyn Peebles and Fern
Bassing; and her brother, Virgil Cobb.
She is survived by her 3 sons, Ronnie Chapman
and wife Linda of Haskell, Keith Chapman of
Georgetown, Texas, Terry Chapman and wife Ruth
of Norman, Oklahoma; 1 daughter, Glenda Gayle
Rutkowski and husband John of Haskell; 7
grandchildren, Melissa Chapman Tatum and husband
Christopher and Ronald Jack Chapman, Haylee and
Caroline Chapman, Brittany, Weston and Ashton
Rutkowski; 4 great-grandchildren, Zachary,
Garret, Taylor and Krislyn Tatum; 2 sisters,
Ernestine Kelling of Moab, Utah, Wynell Ford and
her husband J.L. of Malaga, Washington; brother,
Toxie Cobb and wife Nancy of Farmington, New
Mexico; sister-in-law, Evelyn Cobb of Haskell;
numerous nieces, nephews, cousins; and special
friends Elaine Glover and Tina Johnson.
The pallbearers will be Ronnie, Keith and Terry
Chapman, Ronald Jack Chapman, Weston Rutkowski,
Jack Peebles, Gary and Bobby Cobb, John
Rutkowski and Christopher Tatum.
In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made in
Joy's name to Roberts Cemetery Association, 1001
North Ave F, Haskell, Texas 79521.
