Obituaries: Dayton D. Jones, 1967, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 6, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Dayton Jones, Retired School Bus Driver, Dies

Dayton D. Jones, 72, of Route 3, Winnfield, died April 5, 1967 in a local
hospital after a lengthy illness.

A retired farmer and school bus driver, Mr. Jones was a deacon of the Calvin
Baptist Church of which he was a member.

Funeral rites will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Cypress Creek
Baptist Church with Rev. Elmer J. Pender officiating.  Interment will be in
the church cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Linnie Jones, Route 3, Winnfield; one
daughter, Mary Jones; five foster daughters, Mrs. John R. Fletcher, Falls
Church, Va.; Mrs. Jimmy Beardon, Hydeville, Maryland; Mrs. Keyes Dixon,
Rantoul, Ill.; Miss Bessie Smith, Winnfield; Miss Ann Smith, Haynesville; one
brother, Austin Jones, Dodson; and six grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Durwood Jones, Roger Jones, Leon Jones, Dudley Watts,
Tommy Moffett, Odell Temple.

Honorary pallbearers will be Deacons of the Calvin and Cypress Creek Baptist
Churches.

From: April 13, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise

Attend Funeral Of Dayton Jones

Among friends and relatives from out of town who attended the funeral of
Dayton Jones last Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Horace Boyett of Texas City,
Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jones of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. Elise Moffett of
Plainview, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Driskell of Tyler, Texas; Mrs. C. W.
Wardlow of Houston, Texas; D. C. and Tommy Moffett of San Antonio, Texas; Mr.
and Mrs. Dudley Moffett of Caddo Gap, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Kees Dixon, Carol,
and David of Rantoul, Ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Flett Vickors and children, Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Merle Watts,
Mrs. Mary Lee Yount, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hyatt, of Lake Charles, La.; Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Jons, Morgan City; Dudley Watts of Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. Morris Jones
of Bastrop; Mrs. Raene Bishop of Natchitoches.

Mr. Melton Dixon, Mrs. Loss Davison, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLaren of Montgomery;
Rev. and Mrs. Ed Smith of Ball, La.; Mrs. Viola Jones, Mrs. Benard Harrison,
of Colfax; Ellis Wayne Jones of Lafayette; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Moffett of
Jennings; Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Bauner, Prentice Burden and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Barden and family, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Borden, all of Oak Grove,
La.