Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Bessie M. Tomlin, 1965 

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BESSIE MAE TOMLIN JOYNER

   ZUNI - Mrs. Bessie Mae Tomlin Joyner, 81, died Saturday afternoon in a 
Suffolk hospital.

   A native of Isle of Wight County she was a daughter of Charlie L. and Mrs. 
Nannie Saunders Tomlin and the widow of Walter Jasper Joyner.

   She was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church.

   She is survived by five sons, Walter R. Joyner, Elton L. Joyner, and J. 
Goode Joyner of Zuni, Sidney A. Joyner of Odenton, Md., and L. Russell Joyner 
of Seaford; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Bradshaw of Suffolk and Mrs. C.D. Maynard 
of Richmond; a sister Mrs. Nelson Hunter of Zuni; 12 grandchildren and three 
great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held Monday at 2 p.m. in Bethany Presbyterian Church 
by the Rev. Harry Christie.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery in Suffolk with 
Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, in charge.

   Pallbearers were Ocie Bradshaw, C.H. Johnson Jr., L.E. Eley, F.N. Carr, 
Rowland Lewis and Eldridge Turner.


Bessie Mae (TOMLIN; Mrs. Walter J.) JOYNER, 
b. 9 Feb 1884, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Jul 1965, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Block Q, Section 3, Lot S 1/2*), Suffolk, 
   5 Jul 1965, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 8, 1965, p. 2 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

D.Cert. 65-020862; image posted with Find a Grave Memorial #53557191 
   by Shirley Ann Denmark.  [no grave photo] 

Her parents are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 21, 1958, p. 11) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j560w15o.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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