Wayne Joyner
Posted: January 24, 2018
SHUQUALAK — Wayne D. Joyner, 83, died Jan. 22, 2018, at his residence. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Macedonia United Methodist Church with Ray Luke and Dewayne Warren officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church. Cockrell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Joyner was born in Meridian on Feb. 16,1934, to the late Ernest and Ola Mae Alawine Joyner. He graduated from Collinsville High School and formerly served in the Air Force. He was formerly employed by Southern Pipe & Supply and a member of Macedonia United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Joyner of Shuqualak; daughters, Debbie Dodson of Sulphur, Louisiana and Suzanne Layson of Columbus; son, Jerry Joyner of Rydale, Georgia; sisters, Jan Heffner and Jennifer Thomas, both of Gautier; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital 501 St Jude Place Memphis TN 38105. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.