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Levin Smith Joynes Jr.

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Levin Smith Joynes Jr.

Birth
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Death
18 Jun 1942 (aged 80)
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.5360911, Longitude: -77.4542759
Plot
Section: D Lot: 223
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Levin Smith Joynes Jr was born on May 1, 1862, in Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia. He was the son and only child of Dr. Levin Smith and Susan Valentine Archer Joynes.

He grew up in the Richmond area, attending local schools and graduating from Richmond College. He worked his entire career for the Southern Railway Supply Company, becoming secretary in the 1880s and finally president, which he still held at the time of his death.

Levin Smith Joynes married Ella Virginia Coggill on November 17, 1886, in Manhattan, New York.

They had two daughters, Julia Coggill Joynes and Virginia Archer Joynes.

According to his obituary, Mr. Joynes was a member and past president of the Commonwealth Club; one time president of the Richmond German and Country Club of Virginia; a member of the Hermitage Country Club; as well as being a member and past resident of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati.

He represented the City of Richmond for a term in the House of Delegates, Virginia, in the 1880s.

His daughter Julia died in 1925; and his wife in 1932. Survivors include his daughter Mrs. Archer Joynes Beattie of Richmond, and granddaughter Miss Julia Joynes Hoeber of South Dartmouth, Massachussetts.

Mr. Joynes died June 18, 1942, after a long illness. Graveside services were held at 3 P.M. at Hollywood Cemetery, with the Rev. Dr, Vincent C. Franks, record of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.

Information from the obituary published in The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), June 20, 1942, page 9.
Levin Smith Joynes Jr was born on May 1, 1862, in Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia. He was the son and only child of Dr. Levin Smith and Susan Valentine Archer Joynes.

He grew up in the Richmond area, attending local schools and graduating from Richmond College. He worked his entire career for the Southern Railway Supply Company, becoming secretary in the 1880s and finally president, which he still held at the time of his death.

Levin Smith Joynes married Ella Virginia Coggill on November 17, 1886, in Manhattan, New York.

They had two daughters, Julia Coggill Joynes and Virginia Archer Joynes.

According to his obituary, Mr. Joynes was a member and past president of the Commonwealth Club; one time president of the Richmond German and Country Club of Virginia; a member of the Hermitage Country Club; as well as being a member and past resident of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati.

He represented the City of Richmond for a term in the House of Delegates, Virginia, in the 1880s.

His daughter Julia died in 1925; and his wife in 1932. Survivors include his daughter Mrs. Archer Joynes Beattie of Richmond, and granddaughter Miss Julia Joynes Hoeber of South Dartmouth, Massachussetts.

Mr. Joynes died June 18, 1942, after a long illness. Graveside services were held at 3 P.M. at Hollywood Cemetery, with the Rev. Dr, Vincent C. Franks, record of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.

Information from the obituary published in The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), June 20, 1942, page 9.

Gravesite Details

Date Of Burial : 06/20/1942, Ref: Cemetery Records



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