Obituary of Jones Family, Lawrence Co, AR

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Submitted by: Regina Creekmore Weaver<weave@intellinet.com>
        Date: 5 Aug 2001
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Here are some more of the obits from a scrapbook of a lady (a distant
cousin) that lived in the Jesup, Lawrence County area of Arkansas already.
Remember that the problem with these is that there are very few actual
dates given for the dates of death, and there are no newspaper names
written beside them. What I do know I've listed, and what was penciled in
on the obit, I've included. If you find someone that is attached to you,
please let me know, and I will try and see if I can find any other
information for you, such as date of death if you don't have it, and
possibly a newspaper name, also.

Four In One Family Die in Auto Crash

Pastor's Car Smashed by Mo. Pac. Train
Two Others Escape
Rev. Fisher Jones, Wife and Two Daughters Killed Near Walnut Ridge - Car
Paused in Path of Train, Is Belief.

        WALNUT RIDGE, Ark., Oct. 5 - Four members of one family were killed this
morning when an automobile driven by the Rev. Fisher Jones of this city was
struck by a Missouri Pacific train on a crossing about one mile north of
here.  The dead are Mr. Jones, his wife and two children, Velma, 6 and
Ruth, aged 4, respectively.  The car was coming from the Rhea farm, nine
miles north of here, where Jones had a crop.  They were coming to a
religious meeting in Walnut Ridge.
        The only witness to the accident stated that the car stopped before
crossing the track and seemed to pause for an instant on-middle track, the
engine striking the car about the rear seat.  In the car were Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher, and their four children, Bernard, aged eight, Velma, six, Ruth,
four, and Kathleen, two.  Jones was killed instantly.  Velma was hurled 40
feet against a telegraph pole and was the second to die, succumbing at a
local drug store.  Mrs. Jones was taken to the home of the Methodist pastor
here and died in about two hours, while Ruth, the fourth to die, succumbed
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.  Bernard, the oldest child, has a broken jaw
and internal injuries.  The baby will live, while Bernard's condition is
serious.  Jones was 30 years old and came here from Smithville, in the
western district of this county, as did he wife, whose parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Suddeth, live near here.
        Jones was an Apostolic minister and there was a sign on the rear of his
Ford car which read "The Lord is coming soon; what will you do with your
poor soul?"  The car was broken in two and thrown 20 feet, tearing away a
cattle guard.