Joyce Rowe

Ms. Joyce Kaye"Bandit" Rowe Fields, 62, of Knobel, AR., passed away Friday, July 3, 2020 at Saint Bernard.s Hospital in Jonesboro, AR. Joyce was born in Saint Louis, MO., on November 11, 1957. She had been a business manager and homemaker. She loved being a caring grandmother, listening to Christian music and play computer video games. she was Pentecostal in faith.

She is survived by her son Fredric Thomas Mertell III of Knobel, AR.; daughters Tina Mertell Pender of Van Buren, MO., Anthony Collins Mertell of Saint Martinsville, LA.; five siblings Thomas Fields, Jr., Brandy Fields, Christina Fields Pind, Cassia Fields, Penny Fields Dillon; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; numerous other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by husbands Fredrick Thomas Mertell, Jr., Gary Jordan and John Rowe; her parents Thomas Earl and Cassie Colleen (Dunn) Fields; and a brother Joseph Fields.

Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM in Williams Cemetery near Corning with Pastor Troy Johnson officiating. Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 7, 2020 from 12:00 PM until 1:30 PM in the Ermert Funeral Home Chapel.

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