Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Walter J., 1958 

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Walter J. Joyner Succumbs at Zuni 

  ZUNI - Walter Jasper Joyner, 75, retired farmer and lifelong resident of 
Zuni, died yesterday at noon at his home in Zuni after a long illness.  He 
died on his 55th wedding anniversary. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Bethany Presbyterian 
Church by the Rev. Murray Page, supply pastor, and the Rev. J.W. Horne, pastor 
of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church. 

  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.  The body will be taken from 
the Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, to the Church two hours prior to the 
funeral services. 

  A member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, he was the son of the late Jethro 
Thomas and Josephine Elizabeth Daughtrey Joyner of Isle of Wight County.  He 
also was a member of the Blackwater Lodge No. 134 AF and AM. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie May Tomlin Joyner of the home; two 
daughters, Mrs. Mary Alice Bradshaw of Suffolk and Mrs. Betty Louise Maynard 
of Richmond; five sons, Walter R. Joyner, Elton L. Joyner and Jethro Goode 
Joyner of Zuni; Sidney A. Joyner of Odenton, Md., and Livy R. Joyner of 
Seaford, Va.; five sisters, Mrs. Etta Carr Holland and Mrs. J.E. Cones of 
Suffolk; Mrs. Hester J. Chapman of Ivor; Mrs. Willie Fleecy Carter of Roanoke 
and Mrs. Ocie E. Bradshaw ot Zuni; 12 grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.


Walter Jasper JOYNER, retired farmer, 
b. 20 Apr 1883, Isle of Wight Co., d. 20 Dec 1958, at home, Zuni, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Block Q, Section 3, Lot S 1/2*), Suffolk, 
   22 Dec 1958, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 300, Sun., Dec. 21, 1958, p. 11 

*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, Jethro Thomas & Josephine Elizabeth (DAUGHTREY) JOYNER, 
   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 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," July 8, 1965, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j560b5ob.txt 


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