Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Sidney J., 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Sidney Jones, 75, Of Ivor Died Thurs., Oct. 30th Sidney Jones, 75, of Ivor, died suddenly Thursday, October 30, while at work. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Maude Murryay Jones; two sons, Neil and Dennis Jones of Smithfield. Five daughters, Mrs. Violet Lowe, of Ivor, Mrs. Margaret Bell of Surry, Mrs. Ruth Lowe, of Ivor., Mrs. Bertha Simms, of Ivor and Mrs. Evelyn Berryman, of Elberon. One brother, Willie Jones of Smithfield, two sisters, Mrs. Annie Thacker and Mrs. Lizzie West, of Smithfield, and fourteen grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Mill Swamp Cemetery, Saturday at 3 p.m. with the pastor, Rev. L.E. Holzbach officiating. Nephews served as active pallbearers. The procession left the Jones Funeral Home, Smithfield at 2:30 p.m. Sidney Johnson JONES, farmer, b. 9 Jul 1872, Isle of Wight Co., d. 30 Oct 1947, at work, Corinth, interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 1 Nov 1947, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 30, No. 22, Nov. 5, 1947, p. 1, col. 4; posted with Find a Grave Mem. #104622174 *Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html He fell from a hay stack, breaking his neck. (D.Cert. 23453 {B&I #108}) His father, Abraham JONES (1839-1897), is buried in the JONES-DASHIELD family cemetery, Burwell's Bay Rd. (IWCHS GSSTF report #184) 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/j520s7ob.txt