Born in North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joe Wade Cannon
and Zada (Cox) Cannon
Sister of
Orris Elbert Cannon and Melba Jeannette (Cannon) Parker
Wife of
James L Joyner
— married
5 Jan 1949 in Mount Olive, Wayne, North Carolina, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 89
in Wake County, North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Dec 2020
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Biography
Myrtle Cannon Joyner, wife of James Joyner, died Wednesday at Wake Med Hospital.
The family is receiving friends at home of Pam King Rouse, 245 N. Duplin School Road, Calypso. Dec. 8, 1923-Jan. 16, 2013
CALYPSO -- Myrtle Cannon Joyner, 89, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Wake Medical Center.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Park, with Dr. Gregory A. Day officiating.
The family is receiving friends at the home of Pam King Rouse, 245 N. Duplin School Road, Calypso.
Mrs. Joyner, a longtime member of Calypso Baptist Church, will be best remembered for having operated Cannon's Barbecue Café on Center Street in Mount Olive for decades, a business founded by her late father.
She is survived by her husband, James Joyner of the home; an extended family to include a daughter, Pam King Rouse of Mount Olive; a grandson, Joyner King of Mount Olive; two granddaughters, Somer K. Tyndall of Hampstead and Erin K. Brown of Mount Olive; six sisters, Margaret C. Daughtry of Fayetteville, formerly of Faison, Melba C. Parker of Albertson, Mary Frances C. Swaney of Lake Anna, Mich., Rita C. Best of Goldsboro, Martha C. Butts of Greenville and Mable C. Higgins of Spring Lake; a sister-in-law, Betty J. Hollingsworth and husband, Ralph, of Mount Olive; a special friend, Deborah G. Waters of Cary; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Family members preceding her in death include her parents, Joe Wade and Zadia Cox Cannon; a sister, Mildred C. Midgett; and two brothers, Orris Cannon and McDonald Cannon.
(From Find-A-Grave)
Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180309006/myrtle-joyner
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Myrtle by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Myrtle:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Myrtle by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Myrtle:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Lee (Bowers) Gaul 
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23andMe, GEDmatch M630330 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Tami Collins :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ME3548027 [compare]
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