Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Jones, R.W. - August 31, 1914
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
September 26, 1914, page 1


Tribute to Memory of R.W. Jones. - From the Farmville (Va.) Herald of Sept. 11 
we quote the following tribute to the memory of R.W. Jones, who died at Richmond 
Aug. 31. Mr. Jones was well and favorably known in this community, having been 
employed for some ten or twelve years on Clerville Himel's Minnie plantation in 
the capacity of field marshal, which position he was compelled to relinquish a 
few months ago owing to illness, that finally culminated in his death. He was a 
member of Ascension Lodge No. 251, F. and A.M., and Ascension Chapter No. 49, 
Royal Arch Masons, of this city. Among the relatives bereaved by his demise is a 
brother, W.T. Jones, assistant manager of the St. Emma plantation in this 
parish, to whom sympathy is extended by a wide circle of friends and 
acquaintances. The Herald's obituary of Mr. jones follows:

At Stuart Circle Hospital, Richmond, on the evening of August 31, R.W. Jones 
passed away. He had been suffering with a severe illness for several months, and 
was brought to Richmond by tender, loving relatives with the hope that a skilled 
physician might restore him to health. Just as our hopes were brightened for his 
recovery, he suddenly passed into the "dreamless sleep that knows no wakening."

He was born in the county of Mecklenburg, near Boydton, and lived there until he 
was 22 years old. He then came to Green Bay, and joined his brother, L.D. Jones, 
in business. No man ever lived in the community who had more true and steadfast 
friends, and no man deserved them more. His worth, his character, his integrity 
were recognized by all who knew him. He was an affectionate son and brother 
about whom the love of his family was centered, and he has left to them a 
heritage more precious than the wealth of this world, because he was "in honor 
impregnable, in simplicity sublime." He was a loyal, faithful friend, a tender, 
loving brother.

He was not in its strictest sense an orthodox Christian, but in that true, 
broader sense he was deeply religious - his faith was deep-seated and profound. 
He made no boast of his religious belief, but his close friends knew how 
earnestly he believed and sought to follow in the footsteps of the Saviour 
(sic). Thus has he gone before that great Court, where conscience sits as judge 
and our life here written the verdict there.

The last years of his life were spent in Louisiana, where he succeeded in 
business and made many lasting friends, who deeply mourn his untimely death. On 
Tuesday evening his body was taken to Boydton, near the home of his boyhood 
days. On Wednesday morning, in God's acre, beneath the spreading limbs of sturdy 
oaks, we laid to rest by the side of his mother and father all that was mortal 
of our dead friend. Loving hands covered the newly made grave with fragrant 
flowers. From this shady resting place his brave spirit will stand forever 
sentinel over those he loved. In the beautiful realms beyond the sunset glories 
of death we hope to meet him again.


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