Esther Briner
Virginia Beach, Virginia
February 9, 2026
Esther Louise Joyner Briner, 87, of Virginia Beach died February 10, 2026. Former school teacher, loved by all her pupils, loving wife, mother and grandmother. Born in Hobgood, NC, April 1, 1938, daughter of Bernard and Louise Joyner.She was high school homecoming queen and active in the high school and college choirs that sang all over eastern North Carolina. She attended Campbell Junior College and East Carolina University, graduating in 1960. She taught at John Tyler Elementary School in Portsmouth until meeting her husband, Bob, a lieutenant aboard the destroyer Blandy, They were married 10 Weeks later on November 12,196l! The Navy took her to Newport, Rhode Island, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Norfolk, Virginia, Mayport, Florida and Fairfax, Virginia. They moved to Virginia Beach in 1979 where her husband retired from the Navy and entered real estate.She was a member of Baylake United Methodist Church, where she taught at Strafford preschool…