Johnston County, NC - Obituary of Pearl Jones, 1972 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Obituary - The Smithfield Herald, Smithfield, NC, Tuesday, February 1, 1972 Mrs. Pearl Jones Dies At Age of 71 Mrs. Pearl Jones of Route 3, Smithfield, died Monday in Johnston Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Mrs. Jones, who was 71 years of age, was born in Wayne County. She was a daughter of the late James Edward and Louphomia Cogdell Pearsall. The funeral will be held at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon in Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist Church on Route 2, Pikeville, with the Rev. C. M. Coats officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Jones is survived by two sons, Edward K. Jones of Smithfield and Charles B. Jones of La Crescenta, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Laurie Wetherington of Kinston; and eight grand-children. The family will receive friends tonight (Tuesday) from 7 o'clock until 9 o'clock at Minshew Funeral Home in Four Oaks. Pearl Pearsall and Mark K. Jones, were married in Wayne County, NC on 19 Oct 1930. Marriage Info researched at the Register of Deeds Office, Goldsboro, Wayne Co, NC on 2 Dec 1981. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Stephen Pearsall - scpearsall@bellsouth.net ______________________________________________________________________