Individual Details

Census

Charles W Joyner age 60 born Wisconsin, father New York, mother Pennsylvania, general farmer
Bertha wife age 40 married at age 28 born Texas parents born Alabama
Ruby Carroll step daughter age 18 born Texas
Velma Carroll step-daughter age 16 born Texas
Olga step-daughter age 15 born Texas
Charles Joyner son age 8 born Iowa
Gene daughter age 4 years 3 months born Iowa

Death

Mar. 15, 1891, Quitman, Wood County, Texas
Death: Apr. 1, 1939, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Bertha Ura Cave, was born March 15, 1891, in Wood County, TX,
near Quitman. Her parents were Robert Bruce and Martha Elizabeth (Logan)Cave.
She married Earl Vanransler Carroll in Sulpher Springs, TX.
To this union were born four children:
Harmon Morrison Carroll
Ruby May Carroll
Velma Lee Carroll
Olga Jane Carroll
Her husband died at an early age, and she later re-married to Charles Joyner, who took her and her children to Iowa, and they resided on a farm near Manly.
To this union were born two children:
Charles Leroy Joyner
Imogene Ura Joyner

Bertha died at her home in Mason City, IA, April 1, 1939, following an illness. Funeral services were conducted at the MaCauley and Son Funeral Home, with the Rev. J. Lee Lewis of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Harmon M. Carroll, Manly, IA, and Charles L. Joyner, Mason city, IA; four daughters, Mrs. Charles (Ruby May) Krienke, Manly, Mrs. Bert (Velma Lee) Stiles, Mason City, Mrs. Jack (Olga Jane) Schaffer, Mason City, and Imogene Joyner, Mason City; one sister, Mrs. Carl (Nora L Cave) Alston, Sweetwater, TX; and four grandchildren, Bernard Carroll, Manly, Betty Jean Carroll, Manly, Patricia Hall, Mason City, and Joyce Stiles, Mason City.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers,
Roye B. and Ellery; and one sister, Mary A.
Mrs. Joyner was a member of the First Baptist Church, Mason City, IA.