Bessie Johnston Joyner

CLEMMONS - Bessie Johnston Joyner, 87, of Woodland Place, Clemmons, died Friday, July 21, 2006, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem after an extended illness. She was born April 15, 1919, in Wilkes County to John Johnston and Ida Moore Johnston. She retired from Lucent Technologies after 30 years of service and was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America. She was a member of Vernon Forest Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her husband, David F. Joyner; her brothers, Howard Johnston, Jay Johnston, Richard Johnston and Barney Johnston; and a sister, Louise J. Stone. She is survived by her sons, Douglas Wayne Joyner and wife Lynn and Gene Canter and wife Geraldine, both of Davidson County, and James F. Canter and wife Faye of Winston-Salem; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brothers John Johnston and Robert Johnston, both of Wilkes County; and a sister, Ella Mae Powell of Lenoir. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, July 24, at Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel, with the Rev. Ken Harris, the Rev. James M. Brown and the Rev. Derrick Hodges officiating. The burial will be at 3 p.m. Monday, July 24, at Edgewood Baptist Church Cemetery in North Wilkesboro. The family will receive friends an hour before the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103. The family would like to thank Hospice for their care and support.