Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Joyner, Will A., 1932 

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WILL A. JOYNER 

FUNERAL OF WILL A. JOYNER HELD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT BETHEL CHURCH 

   The funeral of Will A. Joyner, who died in the early hours of Monday 
morning, was held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Bethel Friends Church 
with Rev. J.A. Stanfield officiating.  Interment was made in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery. 

   The deceased man was in the 59th [sic*] year of his life when taken by 
death and had long been a well loved citizen of Franklin community.  He is 
survived by his father, J.T. Joyner, two sisters, Mrs. L.L. Scott of Franklin, 
and Mrs. E. Emory of Portsmouth, and one brother, Ernest Joyner, also of 
Portsmouth, in addition to a number of nieces and nephews. 

   The pallbearers were: active, W.N. Blythe, Cecil Blythe, Exum N. White, 
Tommie White, Isaac C. White, Jim Scott, Robert Councill, Paul Councill. 
Honorary, J.G. Joyner, Charlie Blythe, Linwood Bradshaw, Asa Joyner, R.H. 
Joyner, Joe Councill, J.R. Joyner, Calvin Scott, Dr. R.L. Raiford, Dr. R.H. 
Cobb, E.L. Beale and Mills Beale. 


Will A. JOYNER, farmer, 
b. 13 Nov 1871, Southampton Co., d. 22 Feb 1932, Southampton Co., 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 83*), Franklin, 
   23 Feb 1932, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 27, No. 20, Fri., Feb. 26, 1932, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Cyndi Harrison - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #33902602; it shows b. 13 Nov 1871. 

His father John Thomas JOYNER (1842 - 1933) is buried in the same plot. 

D.Cert. 4354 (Franklin #18) gives age 90.

His father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. H, 41st VA Infantry.  His obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 17, 1933, 
   p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j560j3ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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