Elliott, Joyce
Longtime Arkansas political figure Joyce Elliott represented the area around Little Rock (Pulaski County) in both the Arkansas House of Representatives and Arkansas Senate. After her tenure in the Arkansas General Assembly ended due to term limits, Elliott founded Get Loud Arkansas, a Little Rock–based nonprofit group that encourages civic engagement and voter registration. Joyce Ann Elliott was born on March 20, 1951, in rural Willisville (Nevada County). Elliott and her six siblings grew up with their mother, Edna Elliott, who worked as an orderly at the local hospital, and with their grandparents, Tilton and Leedoshia Smith. The children’s father left the state upon separating from their mother. The Elliott children attended Oak Grove Public School, which had been created …
