Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Odie R. Presson, 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ODIE RUTH PRESSON JONES SEDLEY - A funeral service for Mrs. Odie Ruth Jones was Smithfield, by the Rev. Joseph R. Prince. Burial was in Central Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were James Allen Delk, Louis Delk, Herbert Little, W. Bennett Little, James C. Presson and Marion W. Jones. Mrs. Jones, 73, the wife of Samuel L. Jones, died Monday morning in Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk. A native of Isle of Wight County, she lived in Sedley community 20 years. She was a member of Central Hill Baptist Church. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Mrs. Betty Baker Presson. Besides her husband, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Emory McInteer of Quantico; three sons, Vernon L. Jones of Littleton, Alfred L. Jones of Bridgeville, Del., and Howard T. Jones of Surry; three sisters, Mrs. Daisy Jones and Mrs. Lucille Gwaltney of Newport News, and Mrs. Georgia Presson of Hopewell; two brothers, B.C. Presson and Emerson Presson of Windsor; and eight grandchildren. Odie Ruth (PRESSON; Mrs. Samuel L.) JONES, of Sedley, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 20 Feb 1967, Petersburg, age 73, interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 23, 1967, p. 3 *Her parents are also buried there. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Monument pictured with her Find a Grave Mem., #105687978. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j520o2ob.txt