Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Josiah, 1923 

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JOSIAH JOYNER 

            DEATHS 

  Josiah Joyner, 84, a well-known citizen of this county and a Confederate 
veteran, died Friday night at his home near Suffolk.  He is survived by five 
children, W.H., R.H., J.E. and J.B. Joyner, of Nansemond County, and Mrs. 
John Hargrave, of Suffolk, and his wife, Mrs. Nancy Joyner, and a number of 
grandchildren. 

  Mr. Joyner was a member of the Tom Smith Camp of Confederate Veterans. 
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bethlehem 
Christian Church, by Rev. H.H. Butler and Dr. W.W. Staley.  Interment will 
be in the church cemetery. 


Josiah JOYNER, farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 1 Jan 1839, Southampton Co., d. 26 Jan 1923, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 28 Jan 1923, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 91, No. 28, Sun. Jan. 28, 1923, 
   pt. 5, p. 8 {image 50} 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestones - added by Jake Dog & Starr - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #9923012. 

D.Cert. 1910 (Chuckatuck #22) 

He served as a private in Co. E (2nd), 6th VA Infantry.  He was shot in the 
   hand and the bullet remain embedded for life.  He was captured 19 Aug 1864 
   at Globe Tavern on the Weldon R.R., and exchanged 14 Mar 1865. 
   [CSR gives captured at Deep Bottom - a simultaneous action.] 

His widow applied for a pension 5 Mar 1923.  Her obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," 
   July 10, 1945, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j560n2ob.txt 

His parents William JOYNER & Diana "Dicy/Disey/Dizy" BARNES, 
   m. 4 Aug 1821.  (Southampton Co. M.Reg. pp. 304, 680) 


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