Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Lila K. Westbrook, 1953 

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LILA KAREN WESTBROOK JOYNER

   Mrs. Lila Westbrook Joyner, 65, of Courtland, a native and lifelong 
resident of Southampton County, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on 
Saturday, May 30, after a brief illness.

   A member of the Courtland Methodist Church, she was the wife of Otis M. 
Joyner and a daughter of the late James E. and Sarah Elizabeth McLemore 
Westbrook of this county.  During the period of the first World War and 
for several months thereafter she held a position with the News Publishing 
Company as bookkeeper and society editor.

   In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James L. 
Drewry of Drewryville; a son, Otis M. Joyner, Jr., of Courtland; two sisters, 
Mrs. Bessie Duncan of Waverly and Mrs. Lillian Cobb of Courtland; and one 
brother, H.L. Westbrook of Franklin.

   Funeral services were held at the residence in Courtland on Sunday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. Otis L. Gilliam, pastor of the deceased, 
and Rev. J.T. Cassell of Capron officiating.  Interment was in Riverside 
Cemetery, Courtland.

   Honorary pallbearers were members of the Ladies Bible Class of Courtland 
Methodist Church.  Active pallbearers were nephews of the deceased; W.R.L. 
Cobb, 3rd, Elwood Duncan, Owen W. Johnson, S.P. Johnson, Jr., Edwin Westbrook, 
Holton Westbrook, Dr. W.H.L. Westbrook, Jr., and John Westbrook.


Lila Karen (WESTBROOK; Mrs. Otis M.) JOYNER, WWI-era journalist, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 30 May 1953, Franklin, age 65, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 6*), Courtland, 
   31 May 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 4, 1953 

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


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