The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, March 13, 1996              TAG: 9603130451
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   33 lines

WILLIAM F. JOYNER

William F. Joyner, 70, of 821 Jo Anne Circle, died March 12, 1996, in a Chesapeake hospital.

Mr. Joyner was a native of Jackson, Tenn., and a resident of Tidewater for 35 years. He is a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and retired after 21 years service to his country. He most recently retired from the Norfolk Public School System as a teacher at Norview High School.

Mr. Joyner was a 1965 graduate of Old Dominion University and was a member of the Fleet Reserve Association; he was a former auxiliary policeman with the city of Virginia Beach.

Survivors include his wife, Elaine Stillman Joyner; two daughters, Deborah J. Wells of Chesapeake, Juliana J. Corbett of Virginia Beach; a son, Jeffrey C. Joyner of Virginia Beach; a sister, Edna Jane Trout of Los Angeles, Calif.; and five grandsons.

A graveside service with military honors will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, by Chaplain Ernest Poe. The family will receive friends at the residence. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk will be handling the arrangements. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

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