Complete 2012 Journal - 2012 NC Conference Journal

Section Vi: Historical Records 307
adult ministry, children’s and camping ministry, adult education; organization of North
Raleigh Church; Mebane Church (short version of long story: No, she didn’t fall out of the
balcony); Trinity Church in Durham; director of conference council on ministries; district
superintendent of Raleigh District; and assistant to the bishop. After his retirement in 2001,
they moved to their retirement home, Connexion, in northern Durham County.
Shortly after that move, Toni became a member of Bethany United Methodist Church in
Durham—more specifically, a member of the fourth row from the back on the left-hand
side. At the time of her death, she was a trustee, nursery volunteer, and a Stephen Minister at
Bethany.
A Service of Death and Resurrection was at Bethany Church in Durham on September
24, 2011, with The Reverend Dr. Jimmy Weaver leading the service and presiding at the
Eucharist. Interment was in the Joyner family plot in Oakwood Cemetery in Siler City.
Toni is survived by F. Belton Joyner, Jr., her husband of almost fifty-two years; their son,
Belton (“B.J.”) Joyner III of Williamsburg, Virginia, and his wife, Diane; and three grandsons:
Belton IV, Vance, and Grady. Other survivors include sisters-in-law Peggy Ann Joyner of
Greensboro and Beth Joyner Conerly of Sandy Ridge; and niece Virginia F. Kennedy of
Highland Park, New Jersey.
“Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go, my daily labor to pursue;
Thee, only thee, resolved to know in all I think or speak or do.
For thee delightfully employ whate’er thy bounteous grace hath given;
And run my course with even joy, and closely walk with thee to heaven.”
Forrest Donley Lamneck
1916 - 2011
Forrest D. Lamneck was born October 1, 1916 in Columbus,
Ohio, the son of Charles and Lucille Lamneck. His father was an
engineer on the railroad.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 and served in Europe for the
duration of World War II. He returned on the Queen Mary in
1945 with gratitude for having survived the war. He believed firmly
that God had placed a claim on his life to serve as a minister.
Forrest went back to school to prepare and was ordained an elder
in the East Ohio Conference in 1948. Forrest served churches in Ohio including Prairie
Chapel, Roscoe and the Chalfant Charge before transferring to the North Carolina Annual
Conference in 1978. In this Conference, he served Eureka-Yelverton and Antioch-Corinth
before his retirement in 1984. The Lamnecks moved back to Ohio to be near family.
Forrest was married to Katherine who pre-deceased him. Together they were survived by
children Stephen, Esther and Miriam and six grandchildren. Forrest Lamneck passed away
October 28, 2011 in Ohio.
A private service was held the Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church in Coshocton, Ohio,
November 2, 2011. He was interred in Warsaw, Ohio.
– William C. Simpson, Jr.