Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Augustus H. November 26, 1921
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The Camilla Enterprise November 1921

A. H. Jones Dies As Result of Injury

Prominent Citizen of This County Fatally Injured by Fall From Horse


Mr. Augustus. H. (Gus) Jones, prominent citizen of Mitchell County, was thrown 
from a horse last Friday afternoon and sustained injuries from which he died at 
12:30 o’clock Saturday night, November 26, 1921.  The accident and the fatality 
following it brought sorrow to hundreds of people in the county, to whom the 
deceased was related and to friends with whom he had been associated for the 
past fifty years.

The accident occurred about two o’clock Friday afternoon.  Mr. Jones had 
started out horseback to look after his stock in a nearby field.  He was 
accompanied by a negro, Hob Williams, who was also riding.  After riding a 
short distance, Mr. Jones’ horse became unruly and started to run and he 
snatched the reins to stop him.  The jerk caused the bits to break, and the 
horse, being released, broke into a gallop.  Mr. Jones held on for some 
distance, but was finally thrown off, falling on his back.  It is thought that 
his head struck a root, causing a fracture at the base of the skull.  He was 
picked up unconscious by the negro and carried to his home a short distance 
away.  Physicians were summoned and everything possible was done for the 
injured man, but to no avail, and death resulted Saturday night, the patient 
never regaining consciousness.

Mr. Jones was 64 years of age and had spent his entire life in Mitchell 
County.  It is doubtful if any man in the county had a wider acquaintanceship 
or a greater number of friends.  He was a man of big heart and generous 
impulses and often used the means which he possessed to help some poor fellow 
who could not have found help anywhere else.  When a fellow got into trouble 
and failed to get assistance from anyone else, he appealed to “Uncle Gus” and 
in nine cases out of ten, Mr. Jones came to the rescue.  Among businessmen, Mr. 
Jones was regarded as a man of sound judgement whose ventures usually proved 
successful.  He leaves an estate at considerably above $100,000.

The funeral services were held at  Pleasant Hill Baptist Church near the home 
of the deceased Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.  Rev. S. O. Thomas conducted the 
services and delivered a most impressive sermon.  Hardly half of the people who 
attended the funeral were able to get inside the church, and this in itself was 
a testimony of the esteem in which the deceased  was held by his fellow 
citizens.  After the sermon by the preacher in charge, Judge E. E. Cox and Rev. 
M. C. Taylor made short talks in which they paid high tribute to the memory of 
a departed friend.  Following the services, interment was made in  Pleasant 
Hill cemetery.  Those acting as pallbearers were Gus Davis, Press Davis, Edgar 
Davis, Russell Jones, A. H. Jones, Jr., Hershell Davis and Roy Jones, all 
nephews of the deceased.
Mr. Jones was never married.  He was one of a family of four brothers and three 
sisters, but of these only two sisters survive him, Mrs. D. B. Davis, Camilla, 
and Mrs. Charles J. Davis, Hopeful.  Three brothers, John, Jim, and Billy 
Jones, and one sister, Mrs. M. E. Jenkins, preceded him to the grave.  In 
addition to his sisters, he is also survived by a number of nephews and nieces, 
as well as other more distant relatives.

As a substantial citizen and businessman, Mr. Jones will be greatly missed in 
this community, but his loss will be felt greatest by those of less substantial 
means, both white and colored, who looked to him for financial aid and advice 
in their affairs, especially when trouble came and a strong hand was needed to 
give assistance.

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