Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Charles C. 1919
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The Cairo Messenger, August 29, 1919
Charlie C. Jones Popular Citizen Dies Suddenly

From The Atlanta Journal:

Charles C. Jones died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at 6:45 o'clock at his home, 
856 Piedmont Avenue, as a result of heart failure.

About the middle of the afternoon while downtown, he called Mrs. Jones on the 
telephone and asked her to come and take him home in the car, as he was feeling 
weak and ill.  On arrived at home he seemed to rally, but before long he had 
another sinking spell and was dead before the physicians arrived.

Mr. Jones is survived by his wife; by one son, C. W. Jones; by one sister, Mrs. 
Charles B. Beardsley of Atlanta; by two brothers, Walter R. Jones of Houston, 
Texas; W. E. Jones of Jacksonville, Fla., and one step-daughter, Mrs. C. A. 
Chalaron of New Orleans.

The funeral will be held Friday at 11 o'clock at the home.  Interment will be 
in West View.  The pall bearers will be Waylter Taylor, George P. Moore, Henry 
Fennell, Charles H--, J. C. McBride and W. C. Beckman.

"Charlie" Jones, as he was known by his friends, was a remarkable personality.  
He was forty- nine years of age and had lived in Atlanta since boyhood.  
Starting in life with no money and no influential friends to help him along,  
Mr. Jones accumulated quite a substantial competence in numerous business 
ventures.  He was engaged for a while in the coal business in which he 
prospered; bought and sold real estate quite extensively and successfully; was 
for many years proprietor of "The Rex", a popular gathering place for 
politicians and business men.  He lately took a venture in farming and 
succeeded in that as in all other deals.

He was what some call a "lucky" man, but luck was really a mixture of common 
sense and shrewd foresight.  He would pay a good price for a piece of city real 
estate or a farm, provided he saw a profit in it, but he would not pay a fancy 
price for it unless supported by his judgment and he would always sell when a 
good profit was offered him.

His most surprising venture, to himself as well as to his friends, was the 
purchase of a large plantation in Grady County, Georgia, near the Florida 
line.  He never lived on a farm or knew anything about farming, but on his 
fertile acres in Grady he made two splendid crops, realized a profit and sold 
the place with its stock for a substantial profit.  While engaged in farming he 
lived in Cairo, the county seat of Grady county, and immediately made friends, 
as was to be expected.  "The boys" as he called them, wanted to send him to the 
state senate last year, and he ran away from them by getting into his 
automobile and driving to Atlanta between sunset and sunrise.  He was ready to 
participate in politics as a supporter of his friends, but not as a candidate.  
Last winter he wold the farm and moved back to Atlanta.

"Charlie" Jones was a man of exceeding kindness and constantly was on the alert 
for opportunities to do a good turn in a quiet, unostentatious way.  He had a 
gift of discovering needs that others overlooked.  A woman standing on a street 
corner, plainly clad and hungry on a cold winter evening, would attract his 
attention and would arouse his sympathy, while the passing throng passed back 
and forth and never saw her.

Once he saw a woman standing in front of Carnegie Library.  He called a friend 
and asked him to ask her if she needed a little lift.  The friend demurred, 
fearing to wound the woman's feelings, but Charlie insisted because he said the 
friend could approach her more tactfully than he could.  "She has been standing 
there more than two hours and hasn't moved and I believe she's hungry and 
broke," said "Charlie."  The friend went over and found this his guess had been 
correct.

Nobody who knew "Charlie" Jones and had his confidence ever went to him and 
asked for help, for a person in need without getting it.  Very few friends ever 
asked him for a loan and got turned down.  A good many of those were not 
repaid, but in most cases, "Charlie" charged it off of his books with entire 
good humor.  His generosity was not confined to personal gifts.  He contributed 
with true Atlanta spirit to the civic enterprises as they came along.

He was fond of a fond diamond, a fine horse, a fine dog.  He had rather drive a 
horse than an automobile and on his farm in Grady county he had a fine mare 
that he drove every day.

He was the soul of kindness to his family, loved his friends and was loved by 
them, was good to those who worked for him.  His generosity shed rays of cheer 
into many dark corners and his kindly sympathy lifted many luckless fellows 
back on their seat when they went down and out.
Atlanta Journal      


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