There has been a memorial service for her in Tampa and it was beautiful to see all of her wonderful family and friends that I never knew. It was the activists and the film people together singing "Spirit in the Sky" as we released butterflies into the air. With all the things we did and all the things we might do to show her we love her, it is still not good enough for her. She was a dearly loved actress and she was always smiling and positive.
Her obituary on this site states her name as 'Newnam' but I know her as Newman and this is because she told me she only indicated herself as 'Newnam' on Facebook. So, I suppose she made her stage name 'Newman'. She was a natural talent and she was very focused and dedicated during the making of our film. I will greatly miss her.
During the memorial service I stated that I will try to screen our film finally, along with other films that featured Joyce, so we can see her at her best, together. We will see if we can screen it in the next few weeks so stay tuned! I am hoping the screening will do her memory justice... at least a little.
