Joyce Meyers Hack

Joyce Meyers Hack, one of God's beloved saints, made her transition to eternal life on January 17, 2021. Born April 30, 1933 to Ailene Cummins in Louisville, Kentucky, Joyce’s life was a testament of strength, resilience, unwavering faith and unconditional love to all who knew her. She lived more fully into the meaning of her name, “Joyous One,” than anyone we know, freely sharing her infectious joy, laughter and love of life with everyone she met. Joyce came to know music, her first love, when she started piano lessons at age 9. She spent the rest of her life sharing from the piano her deep love of music with churches, choirs, weddings, funerals, family celebrations and in her everyday life, serving more than 60 years as a church musician and Sunday School teacher. She lost her mother at a very young age, but persevered with the support of her beloved Auntie Orene, Uncle Roy and her lifelong friend Alice Harper. In December 1954, she met her other true love, Louis Edward Hack, and fell fast and hard. The two married six months later. Joyce cherished and nurtured their three children, modeling love and being a pillar of strength. She demonstrated extraordinary hospitality by opening her home to anyone who happened to come through the door. In January 1971, Joyce’s beloved Louis was killed in a car crash, and later in life she twice battled breast cancer. With her unwavering faith, strength and grace and the help of family and friends, Joyce endured and prospered. One of her greatest pleasures was the time she spent volunteering with the Friendship International Ministry. Her family was greatly blessed by this ministry as Joyce welcomed into their home people from different countries, who ate different food, played different music, and spoke different languages. Joyce loved traveling the world, inspiring trust in people by the testimony of her life, and many found safe refuge in her humble wisdom and seemingly limitless compassion. She made everyone with whom she spoke feel like the most important person on earth. Joyce graduated from the University of Louisville at age 50, and then served 20 years as an Academic Counselor at the Speed School of Engineering at U of L, mentoring and supporting dozens of students who still to this day hold her in the highest regard. After her retirement from U of L, Joyce turned her attention to the grandchildren and great-grandchildren she adored, having a strong hand in their upbringing with the glow of her inextinguishable light. Joyce is survived by her daughter and primary caregiver Roxanne, her sons Stephen and John-Mark, grandchildren Shannon, Ashley, Nathan, Caitlyn, Joshua, Benjamin, Elijah, Sarah and Shiloh, and great-grandchildren Haley, Ian, Myles and Mila. She is also survived by her cousins R.B. Arnett and Betsy Ice, her brother Tim Meyers, her daughter-in-love Carol Devine, many other family members who were precious to her, and a great multitude of dear friends.

Joyce Meyers Hack

April 30, 1933 - January 17, 2021