Joyce Butts Bogard

Joyce Butts Bogard went home to be with the Lord peacefully on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 3:26 a.m. She was born on December 5, 1942, to Hollie Lee Butts and Leeonia Smart Butts in Stephens, Arkansas.

A loving and nurturing woman, Joyce’s life centered around her family and the people she cared for. She was a devoted sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. At home, one of her greatest pleasures was working in her garden and tending to her flowers.

Joyce was also a woman who was not afraid of hard work or of stepping into a field where few women had gone before her. She was among the first women to complete the apprenticeship program of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 861, earning her place as a journeyman electrician. She served faithfully for 24 years at LyondellBasell Refinery.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Tammy Bogard, Angie George and husband Robbie, Glyn Bogard and wife Jill, and Kirk Bogard; and her grandchildren, Alexis Dove and husband Jason, Michael Guillory, Nichole Bogard, Hayden Helms and wife Mackenzie, Baylee Bogard, Benjamin Bogard, and Elorah Grace Bogard; and her great grandchildren, Mikayla Carlin, Kenson Ferguson, Carter Carlin, Karlee Ferguson, and Joshua Dove.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Levine Ray Bogard; her parents, Hollie Lee Butts and Leeonia Smart Butts; and her siblings, Ruby Fae Butts Poole, Harley Butts, William Butts, Ollie Mae Butts Sharp, Timothy Butts, Milton Butts, Arthur Butts, Mary Butts Birdsey, Lavaughn Butts, and Wanda Butts Huse.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon on Monday, October 5, 2026, in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home, 4321 Lake Street, with Rev. C.R. Nugent presiding. Burial will follow in Consolata Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the service.