Marriage of Katie Joyner and Earl Loft
Eddie Earl and Kate Maurine Joyner Loft | Friends of Miss Katie Joyner and Mr. Earl Loft, of the Campground community, were surprised when they were quietly married last Saturday afternoon at the home of Rev. J. W. Joyner. Mr. and Mrs. Loft have a wide circle of friends, who wish for them much joy and happiness.
Mr. Herbert Johnson and Miss Nina Trebing of Campground, were visitors at this place Sunday afternoon.
[The Covington Leader, Covington, Tennessee, November 16, 1922]
Mr. and Mrs. N. Joyner and daughters, Misses Vera and Kate, and son, Peyton, of the Campground vicinity, were visitors here Saturday. Mr. Joyner reported that there had been three deaths in the Blaylock family in his vicinity from Sunday to Wednesday of last week. The mother, and a 13 and a four-year-old child, all being caused from measles and pneumonia. All were buried in the Craig graveyard.
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Mr. N. Joyner, of Campground, was in the city Friday, the guest of his nephew, Rev. J. W. Joyner.
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Kate Joyner and Eddie Earl Loft were married on November 11, 1922, in the Campground Community. They had three children: William Earl Loft, Katie Marie Loft, and Marvin Rudolph Loft.
Family of Eddie Earl Loft
Paternal Great Grandparents:
- John Francis Loft (1793-1872)
- Elizabeth Burkell Saxby Loft (1798-1862)
- Edward Winch (1805-1888)
- Sarah Anne Taddenham Winch (1815-1886)
Paternal Grandfather: George Edgar Loft (1837-1900)
Paternal Grandmother: Emily Tuddenham Loft (1837-1874)
Maternal Great Grandparents:
- David Yarbrough (1803-1880)
- Susan McGuire Yarbrough (1802-1878)
- Jesse Smith Newton (1808-1873)
- Elizabeth Hannah Johnston Newton (~1812-~1887)
Maternal Grandparents:
- Andrew Jackson Yarbrough (~1843-1889)
- Hester M L “Hettie” Newton Yarbrough (1852-1881)
Father: John James “Johnie” Loft (1871-1942)
Mother: Nettie Smith Yarbrough Loft (1873-1938)
Family of Kate Maurine “Katie” Joyner Loft
Great Grandparents:
- Jordan Joyner (1763-1845)
- James S Dalton (1793-1850)
- Elizabeth Barnett Lumpkin (1785-1850)
- Absalom Jacob Bryan (1779-1893)
Paternal Grandfather: William Ashberry Joyner (1808-1881)
Paternal Grandmother: Nancy Dalton Joyner (1822-1922)
Maternal Grandfather: Jesse Barnett Lumpkin (1813-1897)
Maternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryant Lumpkin (1817-1876)
Father: Nicholas “Nick” Joyner (1854-1928)
Mother: Susan Ann Chittam “Susie” Lumpkin Joyner (1862-1940)
Edward Earl “Eddie” and Kate
Standing: William “Sonny” and Eddie Force; Child Seated: Johnnie Force; Kate holding Sarah Maurine Loft and Earl holding Sherrel Maurine Loft (Grandchildren)
Katie Maurine, William Earl and Eddie Earl Loft
Kate
Katie Maurine Joyner Loft
Katie with her dog, Lonnie, sitting on the front porch of her home on Ayers Street in Memphis, Tennessee
Katie with Virginia Sarah Hamilton Loft
The Loft Family
Katie and Pate Joyner (Twins)