[1] He also served as the state game warden, and was responsible for the construction of the Hunt Bass Hatchery House.

[2] Joyner was a trainman by occupation, and was employed in that capacity when he moved to Tucson, Arizona from Missouri in 1920, and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.

[2] In 1926 he ran for and won one of the two seats from Pima County to the Arizona State Senate.

[5][6] He served as the state's game warden, and was responsible for the construction of the Hunt Bass Hatchery House.

[2] In 1936 he attempted to run for the State Senate again, this time from Maricopa County, but finished a distant 5th out of 8 Democrat candidates in the primary.