Obituaries: Rufus T. Jones, 1967, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by: Yvonne Jones, Baton Rouge, LA
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From: March 30, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Rufus T. Jones Held At Atlanta

Funeral services for Rufus T. Jones, 82, a native of Arkansas who made his
home in Louisiana since the age of 11, were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March
29, 1967, in the Atlanta Baptist Church.

The Rev. Ray Teal, pastor, and the Rev. C. C. Martin, pastor of Laurel Heights
Baptist Church, officiated.  Burial was in the Sardis Cemetery.

Mr. Jones died in a Winnfield hospital early Tuesday following a short
illness.  He was a retired farmer and had been an employee of the Louisiana
Forestry Department in its early years.  He was a member of the Atlanta
Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ola Bazar Jones; six sons, the Rev. C. W.
Jones and Archie Jones, both of Winnfield, Dr. Carl Jones of Ruston, Ardis
Jones of Jackson, Miss., Curtis Jones of Houston, Texas, Raymond Jones of
Shreveport, and 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Tritos Ferguson, Ed Collins, Jr., Richard Collins, Marvin
Horn, Dennis Taylor, and Charles Worsham.

[Submitter's Note: He was preceded in death by his first wife, Nena 
Elizabeth Franks Jones, daughter of Allen J. Franks of Calvin.]