Joye Breedlove

Services for Joye Vaughan Breedlove, 101, of Lubbock, formerly of Littlefield, will be at 10:00 am Friday, February 6, 2026, at Combest Family Funeral Homes in Lubbock. The family will greet guest prior to the service beginning at 9:00 am. Private burial will follow at Littlefield Memorial Park Cemetery.

Joye passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. She was born November 1, 1924, in Vinson, Oklahoma to J. O. Vaughan and Essie Darrow Vaughan. She married John Junior Breedlove on November 19, 1944, in Hollis, Oklahoma and lived there until moving to Littlefield in 1963. She was a member of Crescent Park Church of Christ in Littlefield.

She worked for Ware’s Department Store for 27 years, and she and her husband managed Dunlap’s for 11 years. Later Joye worked six years for Dunlap’s in Lubbock.

Survivors include a son, Richard Breedlove and wife Lorrie of Spring; four grandchildren, which are the love of her life, Lynette Morrison and husband Tony, Nicole Hunt and husband Elliott, Daniel Breedlove and wife Julie, and Brian Breedlove and wife Kim; and four great-grandchildren, Carter, Madeline, Connor and Brian. Joye also leaves behind a host of nephews and nieces who were very special to her.

Joye was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John, in 2013; brothers, James Loyd Vaughan and LaVerne Vaughan; and sister, Ruey Vaughan McKinny.