Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Dennis M., 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Dennis Jones Dead at 63 Dennis M. Jones, 63, of Route 3, Smithfield, died Tuesday afternoon in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk. A native of Southampton County, he was Smithfield chief of Police for 14 years and later deputy sheriff of Isle of Wight County, from which he retired. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sadie Luter Jones of Smithfield; a daughter, Mrs. Gloria Cooke of Hernando, Miss.; a stepson, Ted Howell of Eure, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. Violet Lowe of Zuni, Mrs. Ruth Lowe of Wakefield, and Mrs. Evelyn Berryman of Elberon; and three grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Colonial Funeral Home by the Rev. Horace Jones. Burial will be in St. Luke's Memorial Cemetery. Dennis M. JONES, retired deputy sheriff, former Smithfield Chief of Police, b. 21 Jul 1912, Southampton Co., d. 17 Feb 1976, Suffolk, interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 19 Feb 1976, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Feb. 18, 1976, p. 5, col. 3; posted with Find a Grave Mem. #183638314 *Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html His parents are buried in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. (IWCHS GSSTF report #55) His father's (donated, 1947) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j520s7ob.txt His ex-wife, Edna (GWALTNEY JONES; Mrs. Robert C.) NASH, is buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j520d4ob.txt