Joanne Spinks Myers

Joanne Spinks Myers entered the presence of the Lord on February 28, 2025 at North Oaks Medical Center with her loving children by her side. She was a loving mother, wife, sister, and Maw Maw to a family that she loved dearly and we deeply loved her. She was born in Hammond, Louisiana on April 5, 1934 to Leonard and Hilda Durbin Spinks. She graduated from Hammond High School and got her Master’s Degree in Education from Southeastern Louisiana University. She married Malcolm Myers on June 10, 1961 and they built a life together filled with love, happiness, and the joy of being together. She and her husband spent a lifetime making sure that their children and grandchildren had a better life. She was a retired educator and supervising teacher in Tangipahoa Parish for over 30 years. She was respected in her profession for being a great teacher and mentor. She was a founding member of Woodland Park Baptist Church in Hammond.

She is survived by her loving children, Lori “Missy” Myers Nelson and Malcolm “Macky” Myers, Jr.; her beloved sister and best friend, Hilda Rose Beyl; her precious grandchildren Ryan Nelson and Ashley Rose Nelson Smith and her husband Cody; and her precious great-grandson Myles Eric Smith; her niece Jenny Clark Pansano and her husband Pat; her nephew Richard Clark and his wife Carla; and her great niece Lindsey Pansano.

She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 53 years, Malcolm Myers; her parents, Leonard and Hilda Spinks; mother and father-in-law, Henry and Vivian Myers; son-in-law Eric Nelson; brothers-in-law Joe Beyl and Wayne Clark; and her sister-in-law, Betty Myers Clark.

Family and friends will be received at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, 2000 N. Morrison Blvd, Hammond, Louisiana 70401 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm. 

A funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel, on Tuesday at 2:00 pm, with Randy Ray officiating.

Interment will follow at Rose Memorial Park Cemetery in Hammond, Louisiana.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home and Crematory of Hammond and Ponchatoula. An on-line guest book is available at www.harrymckneely.com.