JOYCE MARIE JONES RELIFORD Joyce Marie Jones Reliford, 65, died Dec. 18, 2015 with her loving and devoted husband by her side. She was a graduate of North Natchitoches Elementary and Central High, Class of 1968, in Natchitoches Parish. She obtained her BA in sociology from Northwestern State University in 1972. She retired in 2005 after working for the state of Louisiana for 30 years, primarily in the area of child protection, transportation and food stamp eligibility. She was involved in various other community projects including director of an adult daycare facility and a certified application counselor with the Affordable Care Act. She was converted and baptized at an early age at Goodwill Baptist Church under Pastor Rev G. B. Scott. Later in life, she was licensed and ordained in Gospel Ministry under Pastor, Minister John E. Dearborne She first married Eddie Ray Washington in 1974 in Natchitoches and to this union four children were born. Later in 1991 she married L.D. Reliford and obtained four more children. She was predeceased by her parents Isiah Al Jones and Margaret LaCour-Jones, her maternal grandmother Marzelie Roberson-Oliver and three brothers: William Edward Jones, Herman Lee Joners and Albert Joseph Jones Those left to cherish her memories include her husband L.D. Reliford; children Eddie DeWayne Washington, Errol DeVonne Washington (Rosalind), Erika DeNise Washington, Jeremy Maurice Washington (Lerosha), Sharon Ann Reliford, Brenda Faye Reliford, Tammy Reliford- Wilson, Bianca Crow and one supernatural son John E. Deborne (Patricia). Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 26 at 11 a.m. at Goodwill Baptist Church, 1312 Holmes St. in Natchitoches. Viewing will take place from 9 a.m. until service time. Internment will follow at Lawrence Serenity Sanctum.