Dateline: Midland
Mr. Walter Brown Joyner, Jr., age 55 passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 6, 2016.
His funeral will be 7 PM Monday May 9, 2016 at Wilkinson Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at 5:30 PM prior to the service. A private graveside service will be Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Joyner was born May 6, 1961 in Charlotte. He was the son of the late Walter Brown Joyner, Sr. and the late Ruth Edmiston Joyner. He grew up in the Beverly Hills subdivision of Concord and was a 1979 graduate of Concord High School. He then attended Wake Forest University. For many years Mr. Joyner worked closely with his father as a local agent for Northern Life Insurance, specializing in the sale of 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuities for Public School Teachers. Most recently, Mr. Joyner owned and operated his own landscaping business. He was also a member of McGill Baptist Church and briefly served as an assistant golf pro at the Cabarrus Country Club.
Mr. Joyner is survived by a daughter, Jennifer Elizabeth Joyner of Concord, and a sister, Sharon Joyner Hunt and husband Tom of Greenville, SC; nephew, Thomas Martin Hunt and wife Elizabeth of Greenville, SC; niece, Catherine Hunt May and husband Chad of Greenville, SC; and 2 great nieces and 1 great nephew. In addition he is survived by fiancé, Monica Brown, as well as her daughter, Aimee and grand daughter Madisyn.