Mr. Junior Poyner, 68, of Hickman, Kentucky passed away 1:53 p.m. Friday, January 13, 2017, at Regional One Health in Memphis.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Charles Southerland will officiate. Burial will follow in New Haven Cemetery near Ridgely.

Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Pallbearers will be Chase Jones, Tim Isbell, Nick Guess, Rev. Billy Uzzle, Paul Sampson, Raymond Guess, Buddy Powell and Dwayne Uzzle.

Honorary pallbearer will be Greg Gaskins.

Mr. Poyner was born November 23, 1948, in Graves County, Kentucky, son of the late Audrey Elmo and Dorothy Marie (Crittendon) Poyner. He married Betty (Moffitt) Williams Poyner December 15, 2006. She survives. Mr. Poyner was employed by Art Craft Sign Company in Dyersburg for 28 years and was a member of Sassafrass Baptist Church and did maintenance work for the church.

He is also survived by one daughter, Teresa (Carl) Bennett of Ridgely; one stepdaughter, Phyllis (Lee) McClure of Eastover, North Carolina; two grandchildren, Josh Henson of Tiptonville and Lindsay Henson of Gates; one great granddaughter, Linleigh Henson of Tiptonville; five sisters, Sheila Poyner and Donna Marlow both of Tiptonville, Mary Gurley of Wynnburg, Ruthie Kiddy of Dyersburg and Nora Lou Spicer of Yorkville; and two brothers, Jerry Poyner of Hornbeak and Dwayne Poyner of Ridgely.

He was also preceded in death by one son, Tommy Poyner; and two sisters, Shirley Runions and Barbara Marie Poyner.

Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home
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