Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Ruby B. Joyner, 1966 

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RUBY BELL JOYNER GARDNER

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Mrs. Ruby Joyner Gardner was conducted 
Sunday at 2 p.m. in Franklin Baptist Church by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral 
Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Wesley Gayle, Charles Gayle, E.B. Gayle, Talmadge Gayle, 
Milton Dailey, Dan Dailey and James Edward Bristow.

   Mrs. Gardner, 61, died Friday morning.

   A lifelong resident of Southampton County, she was the daughter of W.L. 
and Mrs. Effie Cobb Joyner and the widow of Albutt L. Gardner.  She was a 
member of Franklin Baptist Church.

   She is survived by three sons, Norman L. Gardner of Holland, the Rev. 
A.L. Gardner, Jr. of Millford, Del., and Warren J. Gardner of Lawrenceville; 
two daughters, Mrs. Jane G. Corbett of Norfolk and Mrs. Ruby G. Story of 
Franklin; six brothers, Thomas Joyner of Newport News, Harrison L. Joyner of 
Balitmore, S.L. Joyner, Ernest Joyner and Alonza Joyner of Franklin, and 
Amos Joyner of Richmond; six sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Raiford, Mrs. Iona Gayle 
of Franklin, Mrs. Addie Bristow and Mrs. Hattie Dailey of Suffolk, Mrs. Mary 
Raiford of Newsoms, and Mrs. Mae Bonadita* of Norfolk; and 19 grandchildren.


Ruby Bell (JOYNER; Mrs. Albutt L. {Sr.}) GARDNER, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 22 Oct 1966, age 61, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 77A**), Franklin, 
   24 Oct 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 27, 1966, p. 6 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

*Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 6, 1966, p. 2; q.v.) gives this 
   name as VONAVITA, rather than BONADITA. 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j560e8ob.txt 


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