Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Otis V. Sr., 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ OTIS VERNON JOYNER Walters - A funeral service for Otis Vernon Joyner was conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. R.E. Brittle. Burial was in Holly Lawn, Suffolk. Pallbearers were John Jennings, Roland Lewis, Stanley Lewis Morgan Johnson, Eley Heffington, Joyner Heffington, Jimmy Joyner, and Fred John Johnson. Joyner, 76, died Friday afternoon in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a son of James E.T. and Mrs. Laura Butler Joyner and the husband of Mrs. Eunice Gay Joyner. He was a deacon of Mt. Carmel Christian Church, and a former Sunday school superintendent and teacher. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Woodmen of the World Lodge 186 and Ruritan Club. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Otis V. Joyner Jr. of Winchester; a sister, Mrs. J.W. Jennings of Brookneal; and two grandchildren. Otis Vernon JOYNER, Sr., WWI veteran, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 17 Apr 1970, Franklin, age 76, interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 19 Apr 1970, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 23, 1970 *Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt His parents are buried in Mount Carmel Christian Church, Walters. Mt. Carmel list - an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j560o1ob.txt