Obituary of Thomas L. Jones ********************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 From: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000008 ********************************** Thomas L. Jones Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 31, 1939 Brief Illness Fatal To Thos. L. Jones Funeral Here Tuesday Afternoon Thomas L. Jones, 74 years old, died unexpectedly at his home here Sunday night, August 27, after a brief illness. Mr. Jones had been ill a week or more prior to his death, but had recovered sufficiently to be about and his condition was not considered critical until he suffered a sudden attack Sunday night. A son of the late Jonathan T. and Mary Darnell Jones, he was a native of this county and a member of one of its oldest and most influential families. He was born September 10, 1865, and lived all his life in the county. For two terms he served as deputy tax commissioner. His wife, the late Catherine Whaley Jones, died January 18, 1936. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Albert Jones and Mrs. Carlton Rawlings, of this county, and Mrs. Clayton Johnson, of Morehead; four half brothers, J. R. Jones and William T. Jones of Cynthiana, and Robert Jones and Jonathan Jones, of Lathrop, Missouri, and one half sister, Mrs. J. D. Hawkins, Columbia, Mo. Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday afternoon, August 29, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey and the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin. Interment was in the Owingsville cemetery. Pall bearers were: active, C. P. Darnell, S. R. Darnell, Willie Vanlandingham, Nathan Manley, L. R. Whaley, Robert Oakley and George W. Boyd: honorary, J. B. Jones, R. R. Swetnam, Dee Jones, C. F. Martin, J. T. Rawlings, Charles Whaley, A. M. Razor, Dr. H. S. Gilmore, Newt Crump, J. B. Colliver, C. L. Snedgar, D. W. Doggett, J. L. Irwin and Frank Jones.