Former Hollinwood church minister David dies

The Rev David Joynes pictured with his wife Elaine

Popular former Oldham church minister, the Rev David Joynes, has died.

The Rev Joynes passed away last Thursday. 

He was Minister of Beulah Baptist Church in Hollinwood for 52 years, before retiring from there in 2009 at the age of 77.

Born in London in 1931, the Rev Joynes lived in Streatham until the age of 10, when he was evacuated during the Second World War.

His family swopped the blitzed streets of the capital for the rolling country of the Chiltern Hills when they moved to Amersham, Buckinghamshire, in 1941.

After leaving school, National Service saw him spend two years in the Royal Signals as a lieutenant before heading to St John’s College, Oxford, to study law.

During that time he felt the call to become a Baptist minister, so embarked on a second degree in theology.

After marrying his wife Elaine, from Rochdale, who studied history at Oxford, the couple chose to come to Hollinwood in 1956.

He also taught at Counthill School between 1973 and 1993, where he was Head of RE.

The Rev Joynes also represented Hollinwood as a local councillor from 1994 until 2002.

After retiring from Beulah, he moved to Carlton in Coverdale with his wife Elaine, who had also been a local councillor, but he continued to serve as a local preacher in the many Methodist chapels in the Dales until well into his eighties . 

The Rev Joynes leaves wife Elaine, three daughters, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. 

His funeral will take place on Friday, November 4 at 10.30am at Beulah Community Church, Withins Road in Hollinwood, followed by a family cremation service at Thirsk in North Yorkshire. 

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