Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Mattie F. Gale, 1948 

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Mrs. Marion Jones Dies After Long Illness At Home 

  Mattie Gale Jones, 71, died at her home at Smithfield Friday afternoon after 
a long illness.  The widow of the late George Marion Jones, she has been a 
lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County.  She was a member of the Smithfield 
Baptist Church. 

  She is survived by one daughter Mrs. Theresa Jones Robinson of Smithfield; 
one sister, Mrs. Charlie Thomas of Newport News; her stepmother, Mrs. Virginia 
Gale of Chicago; two half-sisters, Mrs. C.D. Strouse of Norfolk and Mrs. A.J. 
Laberty of Chicago; one half-brother, Willie V. Gale of Smithfield and two 
grandchildren. 

  Funeral services were held from the Bullock Funeral Home chapel Sunday at 3 
P.M. conducted by the Rev. L.F. Paulette, pastor of the Smithfield Baptist 
Church.  Burial was in Ivy Hill Cemetery. 

  Active pallbearers were C.D. Haverty, H.C. Haverty, W.H. Gale, John I. Cofer 
Jr., Gordon E. Barlow, J. Ray Barlow, R. Franklin Edwards and R.R. Bowden. 
Honorary pallbearers were members of the Smithfield I.O.O.F. and Rebekah 
Lodges. 


Mattie Frances (GALE; Mrs. G. Marion) JONES, 
b. 3 Nov 1876, Isle of Wight Co., d. 8 Oct 1948, at home, Smithfield, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 10 Oct 1948, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 20, Wed., Oct. 13, 1948, p. 1 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 23100 (Newport #21) 

Her father, William Henry GALE (1844 - 1900), son of T.W. & Martha Gale, 
   was a Confederate veteran, having served in Co. I, 3rd VA Infantry, CSA. 

He married her mother, Antelia E. PITMAN (ca. 1850 - 1883), 
   daughter of W.H. & M. PITMAN, 16 Feb 1871 in Surry Co. 

Her step-mother, Virginia "Jennie" (PRUDEN) GALE, is buried in 
   St. Luke's Memorial Park, Benns Church.  (IWCHS GSSTF #18) 
   Her obit is posted with Find a Grave Mem. #187252442.  Those 
   from the "Suffolk News-Herald" (Apr. 11&12, 1955) & "Smithfield 
   Times," (Apr. 14, 1955) give GAYLE. 


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