Carroll Joy
CARROLL JOY, son of BERTHA BELLE BRACKETT and CLYDE ROYAL JOY, was born February 15, 1899 in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa,1884 and died January 1, 1920 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland.11347 He is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa.456
Obituaries
Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat, January 2, 192011347
WOUND IS FATAL TO CARROLL JOY
He Passed Away at Hospital in Annapolis Wednesday Evening Before His Father Could Reach Bedside.
BURIAL WILL BE HERE
Body Will be Brought Back Tomorrow and Funeral Services Will be Held from Residence.
Midshipman Carroll Joy, youngest son of C. R. Joy, died Wednesday at Annapolis from the effects of a bullet wound accidentally inflicted by M. G. Thompson, a class mate, while target shooting in the woods near Annapolis Tuesday. Word was received here late Tuesday night of the accident and Mr. Joy left immediately to be with his son, but reached Annapolis after his death occurred. Last night at 6 o'clock a telegram was received with the news of the death. Mr. Joy will accompany the body home, and will arrive in Keokuk Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.
For over two years Carroll Joy has been studying at Annapolis, having received his appointment to that place from here in the spring of 1917, leaving his high school graduating class before commencement to fill the appointment. he was a member of the second class at the academy. He received his diploma by proxy along with several other young men in the class who left school to enter different branches of the service before graduation from Keokuk high school in June.
Besides the regular training at the naval academy Midshipmen Joy was on two cruises. During the war he saw service with the Atlantic fleet, and last summer he was in Panama.
Carroll Joy was born in Keokuk February 15, 1899 and has spent all of his life here, until he went to Annapolis, in 1917. One year he travelled to Europe with his sister and a tutor, Miss Bertha Craig, but the rest of his education was received here in the public schools. His high school career was a splendid one, with his democratic ways and happy, quiet manner making him friends with everyone with whom he was associated. He was generally popular with the students and faculty.
He played on the football team for three years and won for himself laurels in this sport. Tennis was another favorite game of his, and for several years when he was home he played in the annual tennis tournaments held at Burlington.
Carroll Joy was a member of the First Congregational church of Keokuk. The funeral services will be held from th residence, 516 Grand avenue, Saturday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock and the interment will be in Oakland cemetery.
The survivors are his father, Clyde R. Joy, and one sister, Mrs. Hugh Robertson.
Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat, January 13, 192011348
WRITTEN EULOGY OF CARROLL JOY
"The Log," the Publication of the Midshipmen of U. S. Naval Academy Pays Tribute to His Memory.
STOOD HIGH IN HIS CLASS
His Interest In All Things Pertaining to Navy and His Friendship Which Was so Prized is Commented on.
A splendid tribute to Midshipman Carroll Joy, whose untimely death occurred New Year's morning, is contained in "The Log" of January 2. "The Log" is the publication gotten out by the midshipmen of the U. S. Naval academy each week. The tribute to the Keokuk boy is given here:
"The regiment of midshipmen and the class of '21 in particular were shocked and deeply grieved to learn of the death of Carroll Joy on New Year's morning. his death came as the result of an accidental discharge of a gun a few days ago. Carroll was born in Keokuk, Iowa, in February, 1899, and entered the naval academy July 25, 1917. Rather quiet and unassuming at first, it was not long before plebe summer found him with a host of friends. He was thoroughly professional, and his keen interest in facts pertaining to the navy was well known. He carried this quality with him through his short career at the academy, gradually assimilating and imbibing those principles which mark the dependable man.
"His personal characteristics and his innate nature were combinations of things that go to make up the all-around man. Ever ready for a good old-fashioned rough house, willing always to take his chance with the rest, never quibbling, never crawling, straightforward and honest, he was a pal to all who knew him. A friend to all and a foe to none, his chuckling laugh, his fund of good humor and his ubiquitous smile were only symbolical of the sunshine of his nature and truth of name—Joy.
"He carries away achievements and characteristics which we can never forget. Yet great as were these, they do not constitute our whole memory of Carroll Joy. Nor can the mere statement that he wore an eternal smile express any fact of the meaning that bore to his friends, and Carroll stands unique in that all his acquaintances were his friends. no greater tribute could have been paid the man than the presence, almost to a man, of the first and second classes at the services in the chapel Thursday afternoon.
"There have been those to whom everyone bowed in acknowledging their greatness and there have been others so lovable as to be without enemies. But never have we met anyone so universally liked and so universally loved as Carroll Joy. It remained for this true personification of sunshine to be good in a way no one could construe as too good. And so it is his friends counted him as a man, not alone for those qualities which go to make up the real man, but for the simplicity and ease with which he bore those qualities.
"He has gone from us to the greatest and most glorious reward of God. His body and his smiling countenance have left us; but that spirit which ever accompanied him and was a vital part of his nature—has not left us. It will continue to permeate the atmosphere which reflects the memory of Carroll Joy, and those who have been fortunate enough to crowd within his circle of friendship may go forward with a new strength and a new glory, a new insight on the sunny side of life that could have come only from contact with such a one as he.
"The regiment takes this opportunity to express its deepest sympathy to Carroll's father, Mr. Joy, and his family in their great bereavement and grief.'
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
|---|---|---|
| June 15, 19003416 | Keokuk, Lee, Iowa | |
| April 25, 19103415 | Keokuk, Lee, Iowa |
