Lealia Marie Corey Joyner

JOYNER - Funeral services for Lealia Marie Corey Joyner, who died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 from a battle with cancer, will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, September 26, 2015 in the chapel of Corey-Kerlin Funeral Home, 1426 Rowe Ave. with Rev. F. Ray Turner, officiating. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery at 1:00 PM in Clay County, FL. Lealia was born in Montgomery, AL but has lived in Jacksonville most of her life. She worked at several florists as a designer and with her husband owned and operated Mt. Carmel Florist on St. Augustine Road. She never met a stranger and loved to be with family and friends. Lealia was pre-deceased by her husband, Henry Steve Joyner, her mother, Marie A. Corey and her youngest sister, Margaret A. “Maggie” Bell-Herndon. She is survived by a daughter, Tammy Joyner Tomlinson; 4 sons, George L. Rice (Lisa), John C. Rice, Sr., Matthew Joyner and Michael Joyner (Dawn); a sister, Mary A. Nunn (Michael); a brother, John T. Corey; her father, George S. Corey, Jr. (Elizabeth), 14 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, including Lindy Joyner-Kennedy who helped take care of her during her illness. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Friday at the funeral home.