Obituaries: Virginia Jones Cookston, 1973, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 25, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Virginia Jones Cookston, of Baton Rouge, died Friday July 20, in Our Lady
of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge.

Religious services were held Saturday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church
conducted by Msgr. Daniel J. Becnel and Dr. Lamar Smith with burial in
Roselawn Memorial Park.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. James S. Cookston, Baton Rouge, a native
of Winnfield; her mother, Mrs. Helen T. Jones, Alexandria; three daughters,
Jane Marie, Ann Tabor, and Nell Elizabeth, all of Baton Rouge; and a sister,
Mrs. R. H. Tompkins of Lafayette.

She was a daughter of the late Dr. Earl Jones and the granddaughter of the
late Dr. William Augustus Jones, pioneer Grant Parish physician.

Mrs. Cookston was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Mortar Board,
Daughter of the American Revolution, and Magna Carta Dames. She was active in
Baton Rouge and Louisiana art circles.