John Douglas Joynt
1959-2024
John Douglas Joynt, 65, of Hopewell Cape passed away unexpectedly at his home on December 27th, 2024.
John was born in Halifax on January 13th, 1959 the son of William and Marion Joynt.
He graduated from Sackville High School in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. He attended Nippissing University in North Bay, Ontario and graduated from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
John had several jobs over the years . He worked at Murphy's on the Waterfront, Mitton Vinyl Siding and was the Eastern Regional Manager at FCA. John worked as a labourer for Weed Man, which was funny to some of his friends he became known as "John Joynt the WEED MAN". He last worked for the Times & Transcript as a distributor .
John, affectionately called "Little Dad" or "Johnny" by his friends, lived a full life and he travelled all over the world. He made several trips to Europe and enjoyed seeing other countries and experiencing the different cultures. He was an avid reader and loved his books. He also loved all sports, Football, hockey, golf and curling, he was a past member of the Fundy Curling Club. John could be found in his later years entertained by a good game of solitaire. John had travelled the world but fell in love with the Albert County area where he made his home and built his house up the road from the Rocks and made sure to put in a big picture window to see the view of the water. He had a passion for music and enjoyed Lynyrd Skynyrd, Janis Joplin, and other music from that time frame. A quote from Janis that John lived by was "Don't compromise yourself, You're all you got!"
John loved his family and his children were his everything. He was so happy to become a Grampa. He enjoyed the visits and was enjoyed a good phone call with Zack and Emily to see how things were going.
He will be deeply missed by his daughter, Emily Joynt (Kaitlyn) of Fredericton; son, Zack Joynt (Josee) of Lower Coverdale; his precious granddaughter, Julia; sisters, Kelly Joynt-Billard (Tim) of Sackville, NS and Beverly White of Bedford, NS; his brother, Jim Joynt of Middle Sackville, NS and nephew, Brad White of Bedford and by several nieces and nephews. He will also be missed by the mother of his children, Lucy Wrigley and her children, Amy (Josh) and Kyle and their families and by many good friends.
Besides his parents he was predeceased by his brother, Murray Joynt and brother-in-law, David White.
There will be a time of visitation to Celebrate his life at the Albert County Funeral Home on Saturday, January 4th, 2024 from 1-4pm. Interment will be in Sackville, NS at a later date.
For those who wish donations to the charity of the donor's choice would be greatly appreciated by the family.
Arrangements are in the care of the Albert County Funeral Home, 4130 Route 114, Hopewell Cape, NB, E4H-3K2 506 734-2780