Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Mrs. W. B. June 1920
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The Cairo Messenger, June 25, 1920
Mrs. W. B. Jones Passes To Great Beyond

The many relatives and friends of Mrs. W. B. Jones will be grieved to learn of 
her death which occurred last Saturday afternoon at her home about two miles 
southwest of town after a quiet and useful life of nearly seventy years.  Mrs. 
Jones was born January 25, 1851.

She had been in ill health from August of last year, having been stricken with 
severe liver and kidney troubles and had made a brave fight for recovery, but 
the malady proved too strong for her extended years and after her ten months 
illness the Lord called her to the Great Beyond.

Mrs. Jones, before her marriage, was Miss Zelphie Ann Civiler Melloy, daughter 
of S. E. Melloy, a resident of this section.  She and her husband, Mr. W. B. 
Jones, who survives her, were married December 17th, 1873, and to this union 
was born nine children, five of whom survive her.  They are P. A. and T. E. 
Jones, of Cairo; W. B. Jones, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Rennie Gray, of 
Pensacola, Fla.; and Mrs. Mary Shores of Cottondale, Fla.  Mrs. Jones is also 
survived by two brothers and two sisters: E. N. Melloy of Mitchell County and 
L. N. Melloy of Climax and Mrs. Catherine Sutton, who resides near Akridge in 
this county and Mrs. Lula Melloy of Ochlocknee, besides a number of grand 
children and numerous relatives and friends to mourn her sad departure.

Thirty seven years ago she was baptised into the Primitive Baptist faith by 
Elder Wm. Hollingsworth at Tired Creek Church and her life since that time has 
been one of faithfulness to her church and her God.

The last sad rites were conducted at the family burying ground on the Godwin 
place, last Sunday, the services being conducted by Elder Wm. Hollingsworth, 
her pastor, who received her into the church many years ago.  A large concourse 
of sorrowing relatives and friends were present to pay their last respects to 
the memory of this good woman.

The Messenger joins the many friends of the family in extending condolence to 
the bereaved ones. 

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