Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Clifton H., 1960 

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CLIFTON HENRY JOYNER

   WALTERS - Clifton H. Joyner, 62, rural mail carrier of this community for 
thirty-five years died unexpectedly at his home Monday afternoon.

   He was eligible for retirement and tendered his resignation last Saturday 
to the Post Office Department.

   Son of Richard H. and Sallie Holland Joyner, he was a lifelong resident 
here.  He was a member of Mt. Carmel Christian Church, Blackwater Masonic 
Lodge 134 of Zuni, Walters Ruritan Club, Tidewater Rural Mail Carriers 
Association and the Walters Woodmen of the World.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Blanche Butler Joyner; two sons, James E. 
Joyner of Walters and Claude Russell Joyner of Carrsville; a daughter, Mrs. 
Beatrice J. Vaughan of Walters, and six grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Holland Funeral 
Chapel, Franklin, by the Rev. Donald E. Trump, pastor of Colosse Baptist 
Church and the Rev. John B. Gibbs, pastor of Mt. Carmel Christian Church. 
Burial was in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Jasper Carr, J.D. Rawls, Joe Bland, Otis V. Joyner, 
Howard Beale, Theodore Eason, P.B. Butler, Jr., and John F. Duke, Jr.


Clifton Henry JOYNER, rural mail carrier- retiring after 35 years' service, 
lifelong resident of Walters, d. 9 May 1960, at home, Walters, age 62, 
interred in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery**, Walters, 11 May 1960, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 16, 1960, p. 3 

**Mount Carmel list - an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 27, 1953, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j560r2ob.txt 

His mother died at Clifton's home.  Her obit ("Tidewater News," 
   Apr. 7, 1950, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j560s6ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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