Biography of Chester Jones, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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As sole owner of Gilbert-Jones Furniture Co., Chester Jones may be one of the
youngest furniture dealers in the business, but he has a reputation of
outstanding record growth. The predecesser of the firm, the Gilbert Furniture
Co. was operated for 27 years by A. B. Gilbert. When World War II came along, he
joined the U. S. Army on Aug. 10, 1942, and was assigned to the 273rd Field
Artillery. He saw plenty of action in Normandy, North France, Rhineland,
Ardennes, and Central Europe, for which he received the Bronze campaign Stars in
the Battle of Ardennes. He was discharged as a Sergeant. Before the war he had
worked for the Hodges Furniture Co. After the war he joined the Chambers-
Thompson Furniture Co.. On Jan. 1, 1948 he purchased the Gilbert Furniture Co.
Mr. Jones was born in Wynne, the son of Charles H. and Stella Mae (Lincoln)
Jones. In 1920, he moved to Forrest City. On June 22, 1946 he married the former
Mary Frances Satterfield, daughter of Lee and Frances E. (Pettus) Satterfield of
the Good Hope community of St. Francis County. To this union has been born one
son and a daughter. They belong to the First Baptist Church, an he is a member
of the Chamber of Commerce, King-Beazley American Legion Post, and is a former
Lion.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas