Obit of Steward Earnest Jones - Bastrop County, Texas j520 Submitted by: Tammy 4 Feb 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ==================================================================== Bastrop Advertisor 9/2/2000 STEWARD JONES Steward Earnest Jones, 87, of Bastrop died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2000. He was born April 29, 1913 in Bastrop County, the second child of Houston and Bessie Jones. He attended Bastrop County schools and was a steward of Union Chapel AME Church. He was an upholsterer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Laura DeShay Jones; son James Otis Jones; sisters, Cordelia, Alice and Vera; granddaughter Brenda; and his parents. Survivors include one daughter, Annie L Williams; one nephew and wife, G. C. Brown and Katy; four grandaughters and two grandsons. Funeral service is set at 11am Saturday at Union Chapel AME Church in Bastrop with the Rev. Bernie Jackson officiating and burial at Mt. Olive Cemtery. Pallbearers will be Curtis W. Williams, Clifford Williams, Joe Garth, James Williams, James Waites and A. C. Brown. Honorary pallbearers will be the stewards of Union Chapel.