Life of Many Tales

Imogene Joyner was born on December 1, 1928 in the Campground Community of Tipton County, Tennessee. She had four brothers and two sisters. Imogene graduated from Lambuth College with a BA degree, and Scarritt College with a MA degree. She then went to the Belgian Congo as a missionary under the auspicious of The United Methodist Church. Upon returning to Memphis, Tennessee, after the evacuation of all American citizens from the Belgian Congo, Imogene was like a displaced person. She was a professional Girl Scout; an executive director of the Girls' Club of Memphis; and then a biology teacher for the Memphis City Schools until her retirement in 1989. Imogene has traveled extensively and published a genealogy of "The Joyner Families from Tipton and Shelby Counties, Tennessee. 1808-2000".Joyner, Imogene is the author of 'Life of Many Tales', published 2005 under ISBN 9780976797500 and ISBN 097679750X.