The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-22
EDWARD SOUTHET JONES
ENDS LIFE OF SERVICE
distinguished Savant, Author and Ed
:ucat0r, Dies in S4th Year.,
The State, 18th.

The State, 18th.
Edward Southey Joynes, professor
iemeritus of modern language of the
University of South Carolina, distin-
;guished educator and author OF text
books and the last member OF the
faculty of washington and Lee uni
sVersity to serve during the admins
:tratlon of Gen. Robert Z. Lee, died
yesterday morning at the I'm oerial
hotel, where he resided. The veneI-
able and versatile scholar was n his
Saith year and his extreme enfeebled
condition the last few days was
prophetic of the approaching end.
Funeral services will be conducted
by the Rev. Kirkman G. Finlay from
Trinity Episcopal church at s o'clock
this afternoon Interment will be in
Elmwood cemetery. One daughter,
Mrs. Robert Macfarlan of Darling
ton, was at his bedside. A son and
two other daughters survive. They
are: Capt Walker W. Joynes, United
States navy, Norfolk; Mrs. ]. Willard
Ragsdale, Washington, and Mrs. A.
G. FlCS, LUHS oGdCu, t1l
Gift From virginia
The life of DR.. Joynes was one Of
the rarest gifts of Virginia to South
Carolina, although the influence o.
his brilliant scholarship and zeal for
the dissemination of learning were
not restricted to the confines of the
Palmetto State. Only Few years
ago in an eloquent tribute, the Rich
mond Times-Dispatch characterized
this grand old man" as zone Of the
greatest living VirginIans."
He was born in Accomac county
on the eastern shore Of Virginia
March 2. 1884, having thus celebrat-
ed his S3rd birthday only Few
months ago. He was of a distinguish
ed ancestral strain His grandfath-
er was Maj Levin Joynes of the Con-
tinental army, whose ancestors were
among the English settlers of the Old
Dominion. His father was Thomas r.
Joynes and Anna Bell (Satchell)
Joynes, to whom 13 children were
born. DR.. Joynes was the youngest
OF these and is the last or the family.
In 1859 while member of the fac
ulty of William and Mary college in
williamsburg. Va, DR.. Joynes was
married to Miss Eliza Waller Vest.
Mrs. Joynes died June II, 1914.
Studied in Germany.
After having received his primary
training in the Old Field scnool OF
Virginia, of which he wrote so
charminlgly. DR.. Joynes studied in
the famous Concord academy, near
Fredericksburg. He entered the
University of Virginia IN 1850 and
received the bachelor of arts degree
from the institution in 1852. The
following year the master Of arts de-
gree was conferred by the same in
stitution. For three years he serveyc
as a member of the faculty of his
alma mater, his duties being those Of
assistant of ancient languages. From
1856 to 1858 he was a student at the
University of Berlin, where he studi-
ed under such celebrated German
scholars as Boeckh, Haupt, Bopp anG
Benary A few years later he pub
1ished in The Magnolia Weekly
series of letters entitled "Recollec-
tions of Student Life in Germany
which were distinctly Illuminating
for their charm of style, brill1ancy OF
hunor and keen observation and
analysis of German life and manners.
It was while a student in Berlin that
he was made a member OF the faculty
OF william and Mary college. His
oAalr was that of GerNaa and Greek.