Raleigh and Susie (Joy) Mayo

My grandparents, Raleigh and Susie (Joy) Mayo were married in Mount Vernon on April 27, 1918.
The Mayo family arrived in Mount Vernon after the Spanish-American War from Enfield and Missouri.
The Joy family has a longer history in Mt Vernon

Susie Joy and one of her sisters

Susie Joy and one of her sisters taken before her marriage.
The embosed inscription reads
V. Hitchcock Studio McPherson, Mt. Vernon, ILL.

Joy Aaron Mayo with his mother

The young boy is my father, Joy Aaron Mayo with his mother in the early 1920s.
Dad never mentioned he had a dog.