ROCKY MOUNT - Atlas Ray Joyner, age 83, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2024. Born in Nash County on February 1, 1941, he was the son of the late Roy Lee Joyner and Pattie Winstead Joyner. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Linda Taylor Joyner; sister, Eloise Lucas; brothers, Gorham Lee Joyner and James Joyner; brother-in-law, Leslie Taylor; grandsons, Daniel Robert Atlas Joyner and Nicholas Austin Snow; and nephew, Ronnie Crocker.

Atlas is survived by his children, Faye Snow (Joe), Kimberly Parks, Kelvin Joyner and Michael Joyner; ten grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; sister, Ellen Crocker (Donnie); sisters-in-law, Glenda Marlow, Ann Marlow, Ellen Davis, and Marsha Jones; and brothers-in-law, Linwood Taylor (Cornelia), and Russell Taylor (Lisa); an aunt, niece and nephew.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 30, 2024, at 12 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Rocky Mount with Pastor Linwood Taylor officiating. Burial will follow the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. A visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. prior to the service in the parlor at Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Services.