JONATHAN SCOTT JOYNER, LOVINGLY KNOWN AS JOHNNY, PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 1, 2026, IN MALVERN, ARKANSAS, AT THE AGE OF 85.

HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 4, 1941, IN COMPTON, CALIFORNIA, TO BETTY RATTERREE CARTER (SID) AND LEE JOYNER.

JOHNNY WAS AN AVID READER AND A DEVOTED MOVIE ENTHUSIAST, KNOWN FOR HIS SHARP WIT, DRY SARCASM, AND QUICK HUMOR. THOUGH A MAN OF FEW WORDS, HE ALWAYS LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON THOSE AROUND HIM.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTERS, CHRISTY JOYNER, MELISSA JOYNER, AMY WOODS, AND ROXANN DURAN JOYNER; AND HIS SONS, DANNY JOYNER (BILLIE), RICHARD JOYNER (PAULA), AND DAVID JOYNER (TAMMY). HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SIBLINGS, CHRIS CHANDLER (DAVID) AND TERRY GREGORY, AND HIS CHERISHED GRANDCHILDREN: BROOKLYN, DATREONIA, MARSADIES, AND JANNAH AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER LOVED ONES.

JOHNNY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, BETTY & LEE; HIS DAUGHTER, ANDREA MCCONKEY; HIS BROTHER, BRETT JOYNER; AND HIS SISTER, ROBIN YEARGAN.

A HARDWORKING AND TALENTED MAN, JOHNNY FORMED A SPECIAL BOND WITH HIS TWO BELOVED CHIHUAHUAS, BOO BEAR AND DOTTIE, WHO RARELY LEFT HIS SIDE.

HIS MEMORY WILL LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHOKNEW AND LOVED HIM. 

Arrangements handled through Atkinson Funeral Home of Malvern Arkansas.