Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Fenton L. Sr., 1975 

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Rites for Fenton Jones, 83 

  Fenton Lafayette Jones, Sr., 83, died Friday in Louise Obici Memorial 
Hospital, Suffolk. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Ida 
Bell Crocker Jones and the son of the late Wilson B. and Indiana Barlow Jones. 

  A retired farmer, he was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, 
Suffolk, where he taught the Adult Bible Class. 

  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Claudette J. Slye, Mrs. Oliver Atkins 
Sr., both of Windsor; three sons, David L. Jones, Windsor, Pete B. Jones of 
Smithfield, and Fenton L. Jones Jr. of Gastonia, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. 
Addie Hundley, Mrs. George P. Ilish, both of Hampton; one brother, Horace B. 
Jones, Culpeper; 22 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service was held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Colonial Funeral Home in 
Smithfield by the Rev. Lyle Showers and the Rev. Curtis J. Grant.  Interment 
was in Mill Swamp Baptist Church cemetery.  Pallbearers were Gerald Slye, 
Richard Atkins, C. David Jones, Ronald L. Jones, Forest Jones and Jesse Atkins.


Fenton Lafayette JONES, Sr., retired farmer, 
b. 26 Apr 1891, Isle of Wight Co., d. 1 Mar 1975, Suffolk, 
interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 3 Mar 1975, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 56, No. 10, Mar. 5, 1975, p. B-4, col. 1 

*His parents are also buried there.  Isle of Wight County Historical Society 
   {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 75-006236 

His mother's obit ("Smithfield Times," June 20, 1945, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j520i3ob.txt 


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