Linwood C. Joyner Sr.

Linwood Calvin Joyner, Sr.Lin departed this life peacefully on Tuesday, August 8, 2006, at his residence in Washington, D. C. He was born on December 23, 1932 to the late Eddie Louis Joyner and the late Eva Dunn Joyner in Greene County, North Carolina. His brothers, Julian, John and Marion and one sister, Ethel Jean predeceased him. He was baptized at Little Creek Baptist Church in Ayden, North Carolina as a young child. When his family relocated to Washington, D. C. in 1942, he attended the public schools of the District of Columbia. He graduated from Dunbar High School in 1951, and continued his education at Minor Teachers College where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education in 1956. While at Minor Teachers College he pledged and became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He joined John Wesley AME Zion Church on July 26, 1953, under the pastorship of Dr. E. Franklin Jackson, and received full membership on April 4, 1954. He attended services regularly and he enjoyed singing in the Men?s Choir. He taught briefly in the Prince George?s County School System before being drafted into the United States Army in 1956. He was honorably discharged in 1962. Linwood married Mary Curtis in November 1959, and from this union one child, Linwood C. Jr., was born. Linwood was employed for several years at the United States Post Office before joining the District of Columbia Department of Health as a Public Health Advisor. He retired after thirty-seven years of government service. Linwood loved people and enjoyed entertaining people with his jokes. His humor will be missed. In his spare time he enjoyed painting and other home improvement projects. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Patricia O?Malley; his son, Linwood C. Joyner, Jr. And wife Sherene; adopted son, Peter Shorter; four grandchildren, Justin, Marco, Devin and Maryah Joyner; sisters, Janie J. Brown and Betty J. Lewis; one uncle, Maron B. Dunn; one nephew and two nieces, one godchild, Rudolph Wade, Jr. and a host of relatives and friends. To send condolences, prayers and thoughts to the Joyner family, please sign the online guestbook below. Click ''Sign Guestbook''.

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Linwood C. Joyner Sr.

December 23, 1932 - August 8, 2006