The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, June 5, 1996               TAG: 9606050324
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: ZUNI                              LENGTH:   26 lines

J. GOODE JOYNER

J. Goode Joyner, 83, died Monday, June 3, 1996, in Newport News.

A native of Isle of Wight County, his parents were the late Walter Jasper and Bessie Mae Tomlin Joyner. He had retired as a farmer and employee of Gwaltney's in Smithfield. He carried newspapers in the Zuni area for The Virginian-Pilot for 15 years. He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, the Zuni Hunt Club, and was a charter member of Zuni Ruritan Club.

He is survived by a son, Robert Goode Joyner of Orbit; a daughter, Charlotte Joyner Luter of Windsor; four grandchildren, Steve Joyner, Debbie Joyner, Mike Luter and Travis Luter; a great-grandson, Zachary Joyner; two brothers, L. Russell Joyner of Seaford and Sydney Joyner of Tappahannock; a sister, Betty Louise Maynard of Richmond; and several nieces and nephews. He was father of the late Deborah Ann Joyner.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. John Hartman. Burial will be in Antioch Church Cemetery, Windsor. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and at other times at the residence of Charlotte J. Luter, 11121 Old Suffolk Road, Windsor. Memorial donations may be made to Zuni Presbyterian Church, Zuni, Va. 23898.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB