Nansemond-Albemarle County-Hampton City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Upshur T., 1993 

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UPSHUR TUCKER JOYNER 

  Upshur Tucker Joyner, 85, of Charlottesville, died Tuesday, November 9, 1993 
at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. 

  He was born in Suffolk, son of the late Moses Joyner and Mattie Tucker 
Joyner.  He was the husband of the late Kitty O'Brien Joyner. 

  Mr. Joyner moved to the Peninsula in 1927 to enroll at the College of 
William and Mary,  He graduated in 1931.  After college he moved to Hampton to 
join the staff at N.A.C.A.  After forty years of service with N.A.C.A. - Navy 
- N.A.S.A.  He retired in 1971.

  He was an associate member of the American Institute for Aeronautics and 
Astronautics; was a member of the Engineers Club of the of the Virginia 
Peninsula; the Hampton Yacht Club for over fifty years; was a founding and 
honorary member of the Hampton Roads Power Squadron, and a past and honorary 
Commodore.  He was an amateur radio operator and was a past member and 
honorary member of the Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club. 

  He is survived by daughter, Mrs. Gerald V. (Kate) Bailey of Cismont and 
three grandsons. 

  A graveside funeral service will be held Saturday, Nov. 13, 1993 at 11:00 
A.M. in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hampton. 


Upshur Tucker JOYNER, of Charlottesville, retired NASA physicist, 
   Navy veteran, 
b. 14 Aug 1908, Suffolk, d. 9 Nov 1993, Albemarle Co., 
interred in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery*, Hampton, 13 Nov 1993, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Fri., Nov. 12, 1993, p. 26 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Dawn Bilik - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #28586928. 

Delayed B.Cert. '38 #372 

D.Cert. 93-043289 

His parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block F, Lot 63. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

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

His father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 27 & 29, 1931) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j560m17o.txt 

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


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