Margie Joyce Smalley Nichols, 88 of Booneville, Arkansas, passed away Monday, March 23, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith.

She was born April 27, 1931, the daughter of Pearl Allen Smalley and Albert Smalley. She had two children, Larry Nichols and Sherry Nichols.

Joyce attended school at Carr Lane, Missouri, and graduated from Blue Eye, Missouri. After attending college in Springfield, Missouri, she taught grades 1-8 in a one room school house at Carr Lane, Missouri.

She married Lonnie Nichols in 1950. They ran a grocery store in Carr Lane for a few years, then moved to Boone County, Arkansas and operated a dairy farm for several years. After Lonnie passed away, Joyce moved to Booneville, Arkansas to live with her son.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Lonnie Nichols, her son, Larry Nichols and a brother, Rex Smalley.

Joyce is survived by her daughter, Sherry Nichols, daughter-in-law, Martha Nichols; a brother, Keith Smalley; 10 grandchildren, Carrie Nunemaker, Joey Hankins, Jozee Mobbs, Jacob Nichols, Sherry Ramsey, Amanda Siddons, Ron Gordon, and Marcus, Alyssa and Michael Nichols; 8 great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.

Due to current government restrictions on crowd size, private graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 25 at Maplewood Cemetery under the direction of Coffman Funeral Home of Harrison.  The services will be officiated by Mitchell Scitern.  The service will be broadcast live-stream (where available or uploaded for later viewing) on Facebook through Coffman Funeral Home.

There will be no visitation.

On-line condolences may be left at www.coffmanfh.com.