Stephany Guillory Joseph

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Progressive Baptist Church of Iota for Stephany Guillory Joseph, 62, who died at 10:02 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Houston, Texas, surrounded by her family and pastor, Bishop Shelton Bady.
Rev. Samuel West, pastor of Progressive Baptist Church, will conduct the services. Visitation may be observed on Friday, Feb. 26, from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until service time.
Burial will follow in the Iota Community Cemetery.
Mrs. Joseph was born Sept. 24, 1953, in Lafayette and was raised in Iota. She graduated from Iota High School and went on to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from McNeese State University. Mrs. Stephany taught school in both Louisiana and Texas for over 40 years.
She was a devoted Christian and was active as a minister at the Harvest Time Church in Houston. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and cousin and will be missed by all.
She is survived by her son, Marlon Joseph and wife Monique Joseph of Humble, Texas; two grandchildren, Asia and Taylor; a brother, Michael Hebert of Riverside, California; four sisters, Dorthea Hebert of Church Point, Belinda Faye Hebert of Lafayette, Tamara Willis-Buckley of Denver, Colorado, and Traci Willis of Los Angeles, California; two aunts, Kathy Willis of Lafayette and Marva Landry of Iota; and an uncle, Earl Guillory of Lake Charles.
She was preceded in death by her mother and stepfather, Dorthy and Michael Hebert; her father, Leroy Willis; and one sister, Harriet St. Andre.
Condolences may be sent to the family by www.geesey-ferguson.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Iota.