Joann Joiner

ABBEVILLE, La. — Funeral services for Joann Joiner, 61, are scheduled for Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Kinchen Funeral Home Chapel -- 218 N. St. Valerie Street -- for 11 a.m. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until time of service. Interment will be at St. Paul Cemetery in Abbeville immediately following service.
Joann Simon Joiner was born on October 8, 1961. She was born again of the water and spirit and departed to be with the Lord on September 11, 2023. She was a loving, caring and strong woman willing to help anyone she could. She was a beautiful soul in and out.
Joann was the wife of Cleveland Paul Joiner, daughter of Clara John-Louis Simon and John Simon, Sr. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her. Joann’s legacy will live on within her children, step-children and God son: Sharon Petry, Saven Landry III, Kevin Todd Scott (Sherelle), Clevonia, Kenia, and Kenon Bessard (Amelia). She had 18 grandchildren: Coriana Willis (Myles), Davon Willis, Kai Scott, Jaxon Scott, Keiona Callier, Zhyeathin Shelvin, Saven Landry IV, Devin Gloud, John Landry, Micah Landry, Siarra Landry, Cohen Landry, Skyler Landry, Lyla Landry and Kenon Bessard, Jr. She also had 3 great-grandchildren: Malani Dauphine, Edan Shelvin and Kye Bessard.
Joann leaves behind three sisters: Debra Simon Parker (Columbus), Lillie Gradney (Jimmy) and Melissa Simon. Joining in Heaven with her by her brother John Simon, Jr., Joann went to the house of the Lord on Monday, September 11, 2023. As she moves along into her peaceful journey she leaves with us a quote, “May the work I’ve done speak for me.”