Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gordon, V. Louise Joyner, 1987 

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VIRGINIA LOUISE JOYNER WELLS GORDON

   ZUNI - Louise Joyner Gordon, died Aug. 26, in a Portsmouth hospital.

   Mrs. Gordon, a native of Isle of Wight County, was a member of Tucker Swamp 
Baptist Church, she was retired from Rodman’s Barbecue Restaurant after 30 
years of service.  She was a member of Driver Chapter 149 of the Order of the 
Eastern Star.

   Survivors include her husband, C. Ray Gordon; a daughter, Ellen Wells 
Seymoure of Chesapeake; two sons, Clyde M. Wells and Daniel L. Wells, both of 
Smithfield; four sisters, Eleanor J. Shea of Virginia Beach, Margaret J. Wells 
of Ivor, Minnie J. Billups of Zuni and Mildred J. Wilcox of Cocoa Fla.; a 
brother, J. Tom Joyner of Windsor; eight grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.

   The funeral was conducted Friday in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church by the Rev. 
J. Waverly Horne.  Burial was in the church cemetery.

   Wright Funeral Home handled the arrangements.


Virginia Louise (JOYNER WELLS LILLEY HAYDEN; Mrs. Carroll Ray) GORDON, 
retired from Rodman’s Barbecue Restaurant, 
b. 22 Nov 1926, Isle of Wight Co., d. 26 Aug 1987, Portsmouth, 
interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 28 Aug 1987, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 31, 1987, p. 13 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Tucker Swamp list (TS-19): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 87-029416 

Her parents, Leonard Alexander & Ann Elizabeth (BRITT) JOYNER, are buried in 
   the BRITT-COOK family cemetery, off Hwy. 460. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-25): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 

The family appears in the 1930 Census on the Zuni-Blackwater Bridge Rd., 
   Hardy Dist., IoW.Co.; it gives Louise V., age 9. 

She 1m. Nollie Lee WELLS (23 Sep 1913 - 15 Feb 1996) 8 May 1936 in Ettrick. 
   (Chesterfield Co. #78) 

He is buried in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

She 2m. Willie Guy LILLEY (6 Dec 1923 - 19 Sep 2007) 16 Nov 1948 in 
   Jeffersonville, IN.  He is buried in Ft. Russell National Cemetery, 
   Ft. Russell, AL. 

She div. Nollie in 2 Mar 1949 in IoW.Co., & had m. to Willie annulled 
   18 Jun 1949 in Portsmouth. 

She 3m. James Thomas HAYDEN (30 Jul 1926 - 14 Apr 1978) 3 Jul 1949 in 
   Portsmouth.  They div. 11 Apr 1957.  He is buried in Ft. Mitchell National 
   Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell, Russell Co., AL. 

She 4m. Carroll Ray GORDON (b. 18 Feb 1935 Buncombe Co., NC) 27 Feb 1957 in 
   Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., NC.  

Her baby sister Margaret (twin of Mildred, b. 2 Apr 1930) 1m. Mayo B. WELLS, 
   Sr. (5 Mar 1922 - 18 Aug 1986) 13 Oct 1945, claiming she was 18.  Mayo is 
   also buried in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. 

Widowed, Margaret 2m. Louise's widower 31 Dec 1987.  (IoW.Co. #88-61)  


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