Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Moses, 1931 

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MOSES JOYNER DIES OF STROKE 

Succumbs At 10:20 Last Night to Paralytic Attack of Tuesday Morning; 
   Funeral Tomorrow At Methodist Church. 

  Moses Joyner, well-known Suffolk citizen, succumbed at 10:20 last night to 
the paralytic stroke which he suffered Tuesday morning.  He died without 
regaining consciousness from the attack. 

  Funeral services have been set for tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock.  Service 
will be conducted at the Main Street Methodist Church, with the Rev. H.P. 
Clarke, of Portsmouth, the Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley and the Rev. C.E. Pleasants, 
pastor of Oxford Methodist Church, in charge.  Interment will be made in Cedar 
Hill cemetery. 

  Mr. Joyner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Tucker Joyner; a son, Upshur 
Joyner; two brothers, Davis Joyner, of this city, and Elihu Joyner, of Norfolk; 
two sisters, Mrs. J.F. Williams, of Courtland, and Mrs. R.L. Hancock, of 
Newport News. 

  Mr. Joyner had been connected with J.M. Butler & Son in the capacity of 
auditor for eleven years.  He worked the day before the attack of paralysis. 
He was 57 years of age at the time of his death. 

  Mr. Joyner was actively identified with the affairs of the Methodist Church. 
He held membership in the Main Street congregation and Sunday school during 
all of his adult life. 

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Funeral Services 

MOSES JOYNER 

  Funeral services for Moses Joyner were held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock 
at the Main Street M.E. Church, conducted by Dr. H.P. Clark, Dr. W.W. Staley, 
the Rev. C.E. Pleasants and the Rev. A.P. Thompson. 

  Members of the church choir rendered the hymns, "The Old Rugged Cross," 
[and] "Rock of Ages," accompanied by Mrs. Julian Goodwin.  There were many 
beautiful floral tributes; the casket was covered with a beautiful blanket of 
red roses and fern. 

  Active pallbearers were James Butler, Frank E. Butler, Henry Crocker, G.L. 
Cooke, F.J. Oliver, F.S. Drake, E.M. Garner, J.H. Bangley.  Friends of the 
family acted as honorary pallbearers.  Interment was in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Moses JOYNER, bookkeeper, 
b. 8 Feb 1874, Southampton Co., d. 26 Aug 1931, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 63*), Suffolk, 28 Aug 1931, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 9, No. 134, Thurs., Aug. 27, 1931, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 9, No. 136, Sat., Aug. 29, 1931, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestones - added by Hixburg23958 & SWF - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #34125293. 

His in-laws, Rev. John Wm. & Martha A. (RICHARDS) TUCKER, 
   are buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

D.Cert. 19687 (Suffolk #235) 

His parents, Moses Barnes & Martha Turner (LANKFORD) JOYNER, are buried in the 
   JOYNER-HANCOCK family cemetery on Ivor Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-41): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

His father (1824 - 1895) was a Confederate veteran, but we have not identified 
   his unit. 

His father-in-law was a Confederate chaplain. 


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