Obituary: Ora Edith (Ratrie) (Ragsdale) Jones: Medford, Jackson Co., Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Oct 2002 ************************************************************************ JONES, Ora Edith (Ratrie) (Ragsdale), Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, 3 Mar 1959, p. 9 -- Funeral services for Ora Edith Jones, 80, of Medford, who died Sunday, will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Conger-Morris Funeral home. The Rev. James Neely of the First Baptist church will officiate. Interment will be in Jacksonville cemetery. Mrs. Jones was born May 18, 1878, in Brownsboro, Ore., and had lived most of her life in that area. She married John Ragsdale in 1899. He died in 1917. She was married again in 1920 to Ernest Jones, who preceded her in death in 1945. Mrs. Jones was the daughter of the late George and Sarah Ratrie. Mrs. Ratrie was born in the Old Fort which used to be in the Brownsboro area. Her father was one of the organizers of the Jacksonville cemetery and she will be buried in the lot her father purchased at the time of the organization of the cemetery. Her father was also the first county clerk of Jackson county. Survivors include five sons, Thomas L. Ragsdale, Coronado, Calif., Ty B. Ragsdale, Del Paso Heights, Calif., Marvin Ragsdale, Eagle Point, Ray Ragsdale, Needles, British Columbia, and Wallace Ragsdale, Eagle Point; one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Davies, Medford; one sister, Mrs. Edna Van Dyke, San Jose, Calif.; 10 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.