Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Mary E. Blythe, 1980 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Mary Blythe Joyner FRANKLIN - Mrs. Mary Blythe Joyner, 97, of Route 2, died Sunday in Southampton Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Southampton County and the widow of Jay Gould Joyner Sr. She was the oldest member of Hunterdale United Church of Christ. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Eunice J. Madron and Mrs. Mary J. Hasty of Franklin, and Mrs. Alma J. Drake of Newsoms; a son, Jay Gould Joyner Jr. of Franklin; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Wright Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Mary Ethel (BLYTHE; Mrs. "Jake" Jay G. Sr.) JOYNER, b. 28 Jul 1882, Southampton Co., d. 8 Jun 1980, Franklin, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 76*), Franklin, 10 Jun 1980, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 58, No. 138, Mon., June 9, 1980, p. 2 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt A photo of her gravestone - added by Remembering the Forgotten - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #80508332. D.Cert. 80-508332 Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Aug. 1969) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j560j11o.txt Her father, Archibald "Archer/Archie" BLYTHE (1836-1888), is buried with his parents in a BLYTHE family cemetery, at Williams Crossroads. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-22): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt He was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. H, 41st VA Infantry. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j560m16o.txt