Verna Joyce Lamb

Verna Joyce Shuler Lamb, age 77 of Deputy, Indiana entered this life on July 16, 1949 in Clark County, Kentucky. She was the loving daughter of the late Roy and Clay Priscilla Tipton Shuler. She was raised in Jefferson County, Indiana and attended school in North Vernon later receiving her GED. On July 16, 1967 she was united in marriage to Ernie Russell Lamb a the Lick Branch Baptist Church in Deputy, Indiana. This happy union of nearly 50 years was blessed with daughters, Charlotte and Marsha and a son, Marlin Russell. Joyce and Ernie farmed and raised cattle as well as operating Lamb's Saw Mill in Deputy. They built pole barns, wood pallets, and did custom sawing from 1978-1991. Ernie was a Pastor at heart and Joyce a Pastor's wife. They began their ministry at Lick Branch Baptist Church in Deputy and later chartered the New Life Chapel in Deputy in 2009. Joyce loved to sing Gospel music and sang with several groups throughout her life. She had last worked for the Hanover Nursing Center in the dietary department in Hanover, Indiana and retired after six years of service. Joyce was a member of the Solid Rock Community Church near Deputy, Indiana. She loved quilting, gardening, her flowers, reading her Bible, and being with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Joyce passed from this life on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 12:45 a.m. at Hickory Creek of Madison in Madison, Indiana.

Joyce is survived by her beloved daughters, Charlotte Lamb Haywood of Deputy, Indiana; Marsha Lamb of Madison, Indiana; her beloved son, Marlin Russell Lamb (Kelly Henderson) of Deputy, Indiana; her loving grandchildren, Shawna Benge (Robert), Savannah Bragg (Nick), Cassie Sprayberry (Ian), Kristen Smith (Trent), Dalton Lamb, and Matthew Haywood, Ashley Baughman (Bryan), Zach Haywood (Ashleigh); her adoring great grandchildren, Brady, Ciara, Weston, Kinsley, Oliver, Avery, Annabelle, Grayson and Evelyn; her brothers and her sisters, Pastor Mike Shuler (Angie) of Deputy, Indiana; Bill Shuler (Joyce) of Berea, Kentucky; David Shuler of Clay City, Kentucky; Eugene Shuler (Georgene) of Seymour, Indiana; Ada Malcomb of Deputy, Indiana; Donna Shockley (Phil) of Los Lunas, New Mexico; Kathleen Boling of North Vernon, Indiana; Brenda Schmalz of Watseka, Illinois; Carolyn Malloux of Fowler, Indiana; Lois Waymon (Mike) of Stanton, Kentucky; Geraldine Dillard (Earl) of Austin, Indiana; Marilyn Turner (Ance) of Winchester, Kentucky; and Bernice Todd (Stephen) of Clay City, Kentucky; her sister-in-law Thelma Jane Shuler of Scottsburg, Indiana; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. Joyce was preceded by her father, Roy Shuler died November 29, 1991; her mother, Clay Priscilla Tipton Shuler, died February 3, 1956; her loving husband of Pastor Ernie Russell Lamb, died January 22, 2017; her sisters, Dorothy Davidson and Marcella Griffiths; her brothers, Oscar Shuler, Bobby Shuler, Roger Shuler and Jess Shuler; her son in law: Timothy Haywood, died August 12, 2016.

Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana with interment to follow at the Lick Branch Cemetery in Deputy, Indiana.

Visitation will be held on Monday, September 14, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday, September 15, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. until time of the service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.

Expressions of Sympathy can take the form of contributions to the Solid Rock Community Church. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online memorials, condolences, and remembrances, can be left at www.morgan-nay.com