Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lewis, Beedie Joyner, 1955 

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BEEDIE JOYNER LEWIS

   Mrs. Beedie Joyner Lewis, wife of the late S. Leon Lewis of Zuni, died at 
her home Sunday night, November 13, on her 75th birthday after an illness of 
several months.

   She is survived by two sons, Stanley L. Lewis of Portsmouth and E. Roland 
Lewis of Zuni, two daughters, Mrs. Dryon C. Bowden, Sr., and Mrs. Harry C. 
Carr, both of Zuni; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Johnson of Zuni and Mrs. William 
Jennings of Norfolk; one brother, Otis V. Joyner of Walters, six grandchildren 
and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Mt. 
Carmel Congregational Christian Church by Rev. Ellis Clark, former pastor, and 
Rev. Jeff Monroe, pastor of the Zuni Presbyterian Church.

   Pallbearers were Clifton Joyner, Jasper Carr, Willie Beale, G.B. Garent, 
Fred Johnson, Taylor Holland, Malbor Joyner and James Rawls.

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Mrs. Beedie Lewis Rites Held Today 

  ZUNI - Funeral services for Mrs. Beedie Joyner Lewis, who died at her home 
in Zuni Sunday night, were held at the Mount Carmel Congregational Christian 
Church today at 3 p.m.  Officiating was the Rev. Ellis Clark, former pastor 
of Mount Carmel Church, and the Rev. Jeff Monroe, pastor of the Zuni 
Presbyterian Church.  Interment was in the church cemetery. 

  Active pallbearers were Fred Johnson, Taylor Holland, Malbon Joyner, Clifton 
Joyner, Willie Beale Jasper Carr, G.B. Gareet, and James Rawls. 


Beedie (JOYNER; Mrs. S. Leon) LEWIS, 
b. 13 Nov 1880, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 Nov 1955, at home, Zuni, 
interred in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 15 Nov 1955, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 261, Tues., Nov. 15, 1955, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 51, No. 5, Thurs., Nov. 17, 1955, 
   Sect. II, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #102084067. 

Her parents, Joseph Edward Thomas & Mary M. (SMITH) JOYNER, and one of her 
   three step-mothers are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 26231 (Hardy #7)  

Her in-laws are buried in the LEWIS family cemetery, on Unity Rd. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-1): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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