Funeral service for Joy L. Carter, 86, Lawton, will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Conn and Dr. Patrick Latham. Mrs. Carter died Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Lawton. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Joy was born March 6, 1929 in Lexington, Oklahoma, to Daniel B. and Emma M. Conn. She grew up in Lexington and was a 1947 graduate of Lexington High School. Following her high school graduation she worked at Tyler & Simpson in Norman for three years. She then worked five years for American Electric Ignition Company while attending Hills Business College in Oklahoma City. She also worked a year for a developing company. She married 1SG (Retired) Roy E. Carter on August 4, 1956 in Oklahoma City. He preceded her in death on February 11, 1988. Joy then began a career in dentistry. She was a graduate of Dental Assistant School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and later graduated from Dental Therapy School at Fort Sill. She served as a volunteer dental assistant for three years at Fort Sill. She worked for Dr.'s Porter, Scearce and Boyd before going to work as a dental therapist at Fort Sill, retiring from Civil Service on January 31, 1995 after 21 years of service. Joy was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was a life member of ADAA, DANB and the Local South Central Dental Assistant Society. She was also a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International and Beta Mu Chapter 606. She is survived by her siblings and their spouses, Lavada Adams, Tallahassee, Florida, Mary Warren and husband Tom, Wagoner, Oklahoma, Dwight Conn and wife LaNora, Bethany, Oklahoma and Joe Conn and wife Sandra, Mannford, Oklahoma; nieces and nephews and their spouses, Phil and Marsha Adams, Larry and Debra Prevett, Linda and Bob Gross, James and Janet Warren, Janell Guerin, Danny and Diane Conn, Rhonda and Wesley Rogers, Charles and Beth Conn and Curt Conn; numerous great nieces and nephews; a niece in law, Katrina Conn. Her parents, a sister, Minnie Prevett, a brother, Jasper, and a nephew, Russell Conn, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church or to the Beta Mu Scholarship fund.