Dougherty-Worth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Leon Ottis January 4, 2003
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
Leon Ottis Jones

ALBANY — The funeral services of Leon Ottis Jones, 87, of Poulan, who died 
Saturday, January 4, 2003, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Mathews 
Funeral Home. The Rev. Tom Newman will officiate. Interment will follow in 
Poulan City Cemetery with military honors.

A native and life long resident of Poulan, Mr. Jones had lived in Albany for a 
short time with his niece, Sybil Collins. Mr. Jones was the retired manager of 
the V.F.W. in Poulan and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Poulan. He 
was an Army veteran of World War II, where he served in Normandy, Rhineland and 
Northern France and received the Meritorious United Award, the World War II 
Victory Medal, the American Service Medal and the European African Middle 
Eastern Service Medal, with three bronze stars. Mr. Jones was preceded in death 
by his parents, Sallie and Stephen Jones, his brother, Elmer Stephen Jones, 
sisters, Maurine Evans, Myrtle Knight and Julia Aultman.

Survivors include his two sisters, Sara Smith of Jacksonville, FL, and 
Elizabeth Knight of Savannah; nieces and nephews, Sybil Collins of Albany, 
Della Johnson of Columbia, SC, Dorothy Hunter, Liz Keel, John Knight Jr., 
Lucretia Smith, and Jackie Clark, all of Savannah, Shirley Blitch of 
Statesboro, Wylene Haney of Sylvester, Betty Gresham of Decatur, Janice Miller 
of Albany, Buddy Autlman of Richburg, SC, Bobbie Hodge of Manchester, TN, 
Annette Lamb of Savannah, Junior Jones of Roswell, Gene Jones of Poulan, Nita 
MacDonald of Oakridge, TN, Yvonne Terry of Albany, Jimmy Knight, Johnny Knight, 
J.C. Knight and Darlene White, all of Savannah.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. today (Monday) at 
Mathews Funeral Home.

Those desiring may make contributions to Albany Community Hospice, 2332 Lake 
Park Drive/P.O. Box 1828, Albany, GA 31702.


Mathews Funeral Home 

Albany 229/435-5657 



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