RICHMOND, Va. — A Richmond man discovered another family’s treasure while cleaning up the attic of his nearly 100-year-old Northside home.
Jesse Joyner, who lives on Westwood Avenue, made the unusual find several years ago.
“When we bought the house four years ago, there was a lot of trash and debris in the attic rafters,” Joyner said. “When cleaning them out, I found an in-tact letter postmarked October 1943.”
Joyner said the three-page letter was written by a former homeowner to her husband stationed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific during World War II.
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The letter was found in the rafters of the home’s attic.
Since he found the letter, Joyner said he has searched for the couple’s children with little luck.
“Though I love hanging it in my house as an artifact of the home, I know it belongs in the hands of the family,” Joyner explained.
However, he recently met a woman named Bev at his daughter’s school who knew the family that lived there and is still good friends with the couple’s daughter.
As a result, Joyner handed over the letter to Bev, who plans to deliver it to her friend in South Carolina later this summer.