Robert Francis Joyce

  General Notes:

The 1920 Federal Census for Rockingham Co., NC, Mayo Township, District 211 records Robert F. (60 - NC/NC/NC) and Alice (61 - NC/NC/NC) Garrett with children Ada (26), Mary (21), and Edwin (19) living on Henry Street. Robert is a Tobacco Buyer.

The 1930 Federal Census for Rockingham Co., NC, Mayo Township, Stoneville Town, District 14 records the widow Alice Joyce (72 - NC/NC/NC) with her daughter Ada Joyce (30). Ada is a public school teacher.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Tobacconist / R.F. Joyce was mayor of Stoneville in 1892.

Robert married Mary Alice Garrett, daughter of William Starling "Billy" Garrett and Mary Ann Eliza Price, on 24 Aug 1890 in Stoneville Baptist Church, Stoneville, Rockingham, NC. (Mary Alice Garrett was born on 4 Feb 1858 in Rockingham Co, NC, died on 3 Jan 1955 in Stoneville, Rockingham Co., NC and was buried in Stoneville Municipal Cemetery - Stoneville, NC.)