Joy Lucille Trepagnier went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, February 9, 2018. She was born May 18, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio to Sam and Theresa Frabotta.

While working at Marine Headquarters in Washington DC she met a young Marine from Gulfport, Mississippi. They were soon married and traveled the world during Art's military career, retiring in San Antonio.  Joy always claimed Gulfport as her home.  She loved to be in the kitchen cooking or on the sewing machine. Joy was the matriarch of the family and they always came first.

Joy was preceded in death by her parents. Survived by her husband of 70 years Arthur Trepagnier.  Her children Ken Trepagnier (Barbie), Denise Sullivan (Rob), Patty Trepagnier, and Debbie Stephens (Jim), grandchildren Sean Sullivan (Stephanie), Danielle Castillo (Eli), Kyle Trepagnier (Lindsey), Nichole Sullivan, Samantha Stephens and her great-grandchild Pyper Lee Sullivan.