Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, William L., 1941 

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WILLIAM LUTHER JOYNER

   William Luther Joyner, age 65* years, and a well known farmer of Southampton 
County, died Friday afternoon, April 11, 1941, at 3 o’clock after an illness of 
four months at his home near Franklin.  He was the son of the late E.J. and 
Annie Bracey Joyner of Southampton County.**

   Survivors are one sister, Miss Minnie V. Joyner; three brothers, R.H., 
J.R., and E.E. Joyner, all of Franklin; two nieces and two nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Joyners 
Christian Church by the Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Burial was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery at Franklin.  The choir of the church accompanied by J. Edgar Weede 
sang "Rock of Ages" and "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?"  Misses 
Elizabeth and Frances Bunch, Frank and Percy Bunch sang as a quartette, "Have 
Thine Own Way, Lord."  The casket was covered with a pall of Easter lilies and 
roses.

   Active pallbearers were Paul and Franklin Rose, S.M. Joyner, W. Hunter 
Scott, Norman Winstead, Joseph E. Edwards, L.R. Vaughan and Junius Blythe. 
Honorary bearers were members of the Men’s Bible Class of Joyners Church, of 
which the deceased was a member.


William Luther JOYNER, Southampton Co. farmer, 
d. 11 Apr 1941, at home, near Franklin, age 64*, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 36A*), 
   Franklin, 13 Apr 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 18, 1941, p. 8 

*Cemetery list gives b. 28 Apr 1876, so d. shy of 65th birthday. 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

**son of Elisha J. and Indiana Virginia (BRACEY/BRACY) JOYNER 


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