Breckinridge-Meade County KyArchives Obituaries.....Jones, George Leonard September 20, 2008
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Meade County Messenger
George Leonard Jones, 92, died Sept. 20, 2008, at Breckinridge Memorial 
Hospital. He was born Feb. 25, 1916, in Irvington, one of eight children born 
to the late John and Lena Mae Jones. 

He was a farmer and carpenter, following in the footsteps of his father and 
grandfather, freed slave Oscar Miller. He drove mule teams for the Bandy farm 
and worked on construction projects from residences to highways and schools. 
When blacks received the right to vote, he helped register voters for the 
Democratic Party. He was a member of the Church of the Living God where he 
served as a deacon.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Wells Jones; four brothers, Lewis 
Jones, Jim Jones, John Jones and Bobby Jones; and three sisters, Lily Brown, 
Matlida Bowman and Clara Pendleton. 

Mr. Jones is survived by six daughters, Maxine (Marvin) Rowe, Irvington, Nell 
Sanderson, Radcliff, Rita Taylor, Louisville, Ora Jean Speight, Columbus, Ohio, 
Lisa Dubose, Las Vegas, Nev., and Debra Gardner, Germany; a son, Bernard 
Gardner, Louisville; 29 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and numerous 
nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Sept. 24 from the Church of the Living God, 
Irvington. Burial was in Brooks Cemetery, directed by Alexander Funeral Home.



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