Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Willie J., 1947 

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"WILLIE" WILLIAM JAMES JOYNER 

Suffolk Funerals 
      William James Joyner

  Suffolk, June 15. - Funeral services for William James Joyner will be 
conducted Monday at 4 p.m. at Bethlehem Christian Church, with the pastor, 
the Rev. R.E. Brittle, officiating.  Burial will follow in church cemetery. 
The procession will leave the I.O. Hill Funeral Home Monday, at 3:45 p.m. 
for the church. 

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Joyner Services Scheduled Today 

  Funeral services for William James Joyner, 79, of Nansemond County, who died 
Saturday at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Richmond, will be held at 4 o'clock this 
afternoon at the Bethlehem Christian Church.  The Rev. R.E. Brittle will 
officiate and burial will be in the church cemettry. 

  Mr. Joyner, a prominent farmer, was the son of the late Joseph and Nancy 
Pruden Joyner. 

  Surviving him are two sons, Harry Lee Joyner and W. Clifton Joyner, of 
Nansemond County; four grandchildren, Harry Lee and William J. Joyner, of 
Nansemond County, and Martha and Nancy Joyner, of Suffolk; a sister, Mrs. 
Effie Hargrove [sic; Hargrave], of Suffolk; two brothers, Jesse E. and 
Richard H. Joyner, of Nansemond County, and a great-grandchild. 


"Willie" William James JOYNER, farmer, 
b. 13 Aug 1867, Nansemond Co., d. 14 Jun 1947, Richmond, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (Lot 136*), 16 Jun 1947, 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 185, No. 77, Mon., June 16, 1947, p. 10 
   {Edition 2, images 3 & 4}; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 74, Mon., June 16, 1947, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

His parents, Josiah & Nancy Monroe (PRUDEN) JOYNER, are also buried there. 
   Bethlehem list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Libby0716 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #178508909. 

D.Cert. 13039 (Richmond #1423) 

His wife's obits ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark" & "Suffolk 
   News-Herald," Oct. 12, 1931) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j560a7ob.txt 

His father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in 
   Co. E (2nd), 6th VA Infantry.  His obit ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk 
   Landmark," Jan. 28, 1923, pt. 5, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j560j23o.txt 

Willie's mother 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 


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