Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Elijah G., 1920 

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ELIJAH G. JOYNER

   Elijah G. Joyner was born May, 1845, and died January 9, 1920, at the age 
of 74, after a brief illness of 5 days.  Although an invalid for 5 years, yet 
the suddeness of his death was a shock to the family.  In his feeble condition 
both the medical skill and the faithful attention of loved ones was all in 
vain.  A deep cold contracted on Sunday settled on his lungs, his condition 
gradually growing worse until the end came at 2 o'clock, Friday. 

   The deceased was a member of the Urquhart-Gillette Camp of Confederate 
Veterans, having heard the call to arms in the War Between the States at the 
age of 16, and was a consistent member of Whitehead's M.E. Church. 

   A good neighbor, upright, honest, industrious, conscientious in his 
dealings with his fellowman, and patient amid the burdens of his afflictions - 
these are characteristics by which those best acquainted with him will cherish 
his memory.

            "Long days and nights he bore his pain./ 
             To wait for cure was all in vain./ 
             But God who knoweth all things best,/ 
             Did cease his pain and give him rest."

   He is survived by his wife, five sons, one daughter and several 
grandchildren.

   He was laid to rest Saturday, January 10, at 3 o'clock in the family 
burying ground, the burial services being conducted by his pastor, Rev. S.N. 
Hurst.  A special choir sang "Jesus Lover of My Soul," "The Sweet Bye and Bye" 
and "Asleep in Jesus."  The following acted as pallbearers: active, B.B., 
W.T., J.L. and F.T. Joyner, G.F. Pope and Julian Dickens; honorary, S.T. Pope, 
P.E. Knight, G.W. Bradshaw, O.S. Pope, Jas. T. Gillette, J.R. Dickens, Walter 
Britt, R.T. Andrews, R.B. Story, G.W. Burgess, R.N. Applewhite and E.B. 
Prince. 


Elijah Gilliam JOYNER, Confederate veteran, 
b. May 1845, Southampton Co., d. 9 Jan 1920, 
interred in the family cemetery*, 10 Jan 1920, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 16, 1920, pp. 1 & 6 

*location not known (Sep 2015) to the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 

His widow is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - Section I, Plot 45. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her obit ("Tidewater News," June 19, 1936), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j560m4ob.txt 


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