Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Wilbur D., 1961 

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I-W Chairman 

W.D. Joyner 
Dead at 69 

  SMITHFIELD - Wilbur Dixon Joyner, 69, chairman of the Board of Supervisors 
of Isle of wight County, died early today in Obici Memorial Hospital after 
heart attack. 

  Mr. Joyner, who had been in ill health for several months, returned home 
yesterday after a short stay at Nag's Head, N.C.  He was stricken last night 
at his home near Windsor and died at 4 a.m. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at Bullock Funeral Home, Smithfield. 
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Sedley. 

  He was a prominent mercahnt, [sic] farmer and peanut buyer in Isle of Wight 
County for a number of years. 

  Besides being a member of the Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors for 
the past 34 years, he was also chairman of Isle of Wight County Welfare Board 
and was an active member of the Democratic party in the county. 

  He was als [sic] a member of the board of directors of the Bank of 
Smithfield and the board of directors of raiford [sic] Hospital in Franklin. 

  He was a member of Central Hill Baptist Church, the Seward Bible Class of 
the church and had served as superintendent of the Sunday School and a 
deacon member for a number of years. 

  He was a World War I Veteran and was a member of the George F. Dashiell 
American Legion Post in Smithfield. 

  He was the son of the James Alex Joyner and Martha Faircloth Joyner of 
Southampton County and had lived in Isle of Wright [sic] County for the past 
40 years. 

  He is survived by his wife, Ms. Mary Bradshaw Joyner of the home; a 
daughter, Mrs. C. P. Edwards of Isle of Wight County, a son, W. B. [sic] 
Joyner Jr. of Isle of Wight County, a brother, brother, S. Lindley Joyner, of 
Jarrat [sic], two sisters, Mrs. John C. Bradshaw of Franklin and Mrs. John 
Duke of Carrsville and and three grandchildren. 

[obit accompanied by photographic portrait, labeled "Wilbur Dixon Joyner"; 
 scanned copy available (mh)] 

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WILBUR DIXON JOYNER

   Funeral services for Wilbur Dixon Joyner, 69 years old, who died in Louise 
Obici Memorial Hospital July 5 after a short illness, were held July 7, at 2 
p.m. in the Bullock Funeral Home, Smithfield, with the burial in Rosemont 
Cemetery at Sedley.  The Rev. Joseph R. Darden, pastor of Central Hill Baptist 
Church, and the Rev. Carey L. Steele, pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church, 
conducted the services.  Pallbearers were Harry G. Dashiell, Hugh Gwaltney, 
Shirley T. Holland, A. Dunston Johnson, Frank E. Pulley, Richard E. Railey, J. 
Rowell Seward, A.E.S. Stephens, Harold C. Taylor and Russell L. Thompson. 
Honorary pallbearers were members of the Seward Bible Class of Central Hill 
Baptist Church, and friends of the family.

   Mr. Joyner was a native of Southampton County, the son of the late 
Alexander James Joyner and Martha Faircloth Joyner, but had lived at Central 
Hill in Isle of Wight County for the past 40 years.  He is survived by his 
wife, Mrs. Mary Bradshaw Joyner, a daughter, Mrs. C.P. Edwards, a son, Wilbur 
D. Joyner, Jr., and three grandchildren, all of Central Hill; two sisters, 
Mrs. John C. Bradshaw, of Franklin, and Mrs. John F. Duke, Jr. of Carrsville, 
and one brother, S. Lindley Joyner, of Jarratt.

   A merchant, farmer and peanut buyer, Mr. Joyner was a member of the Isle of 
Wight County Board of Supervisors for many years, and its chairman for the 
past 34 years.  He was also chairman of the Board of Public Welfare of Isle of 
Wight County, and a former chairman of the county’s Democratic executive 
committee.

   Mr. Joyner was for many years superintendent of the Sunday School of the 
Central Hill Baptist Church where he was a member.  He formerly served as a 
director of the Bank of Smithfield, the Farmers Bank of Windsor, and the 
Raiford Memorial Hospital.  A veteran of World War I, he was a member of the 
American Legion.


Wilbur Dixon JOYNER, of Central Hill, merchant, farmer and peanut buyer, 
Chairman, Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors; WW-I veteran, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 5 Jul 1961, Suffolk, age 69, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 7 Jul 1961, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 13, 1961, Section 2, p. 3 

*Cedar Hill Cemetery is in Suffolk.  His parents are also buried in Rosemont. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Rosemont list (S-44 & -42):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

Additional information: 

Representing the Hardy District, Mr. Joyner served on the Board of Supervisors 
from Jan 1933, and he was elevated to Chairman in Dec 1933. 
(Helen Haverty King, et al. 
 "Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia." 
 Isle of Wight: Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors, 1993. p. 503) 


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