A Christian, wife, mother, missionary, and finally a housewife." These words best describe Joy. She wrote these words in her book A Missionary Wife and Her Work, and has spent her life living out those words. Born to missionary parents, Joy spent several years at the Westervelt Home for Missionary Children in Columbia. Joy married Alfred Tuggy in 1946. They served as missionaries for 54 years with the Orinoco River Mission in eastern Venezuela. When they returned to the U.S. in retirement, they continued their mission work as he wrote a variety of Greek/Spanish reference works. Together they raised nine children, who all love the Lord and attended CIU. They have 27 grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren. Alfred went to be with the Lord in March 2007. Joy passed away November 2019.