Funeral services for Joy Nell Mitchell Dunkley, 84, of Ferriday, LA will be held Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 11:00am from the Word of Faith Ambassador Outreach in Ferriday. Visitation will be held Friday evening from 5 to 7pm at Mt. Beulah Baptist Church in Ferriday with Bishop Justin Conner officiating. Burial will be held Monday at the Friendship Church Cemetery in Grand Cane (Mansfield), LA.

Mrs. Dunkley, daughter of Emerson and Bettye Walker Mitchell was born in Grand Cane, LA and died at her daughter's residence in Keithville, LA. She was a member the St. James Baptist Church in Ridgecrest, LA  and a retired school teacher and girls basketball coach (Ferriday High School)  for Concordia Parish School System for 30 1/2 years.

She leaves to cherish her memories:  two children, Michaelynne D. Franklin and her husband Marcus of Keithville, LA; Shelvey Mark Dunkley and his wife, Gussie of Mansfield, LA; one sister-in-law, Elsie Mitchell of Shreveport, LA; two special nieces, Barbara Ann Mitchell of Atlanta, GA and Debra Edwards of Houston, TX; one aunt, Gertrude Long of Longstreet, LA; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Dunkley is preceded in death by her parents and the father of her children, Shelvey J. Dunkley.