Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, John W., 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN WILLIE [sic; WILEY*] JONES SUCCUMBS TODAY Funeral Services to Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon John Willie Jones, 63, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Vernon Lassiter, of Nansemond county, near Suffolk, this morning at 12:05 o'clock, after a short illness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mollie L. Jones, three daughters, Mrs. Vernon Lassiter, of Suffolk, R.F.D., Mrs. D.D. Jones, of Fort Bonneville, N.C., Miss Cora Lee Jones of Suffolk, R.F.D., and four sons, Floyd Jones, and John Willie Jones Jr., both of Nansemond county, Thomas Jones and J. Jones of New Bern, N.C., fourteen grandchildren. One brother, Henry Jones of Nansemond county, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence near Suffolk conducted by the Rev. R.E. Brittle. Interment will be in the family cemetery, near Suffolk. John Wiley JONES, Sr., farmer, b. 29 Sep 1873, Gates Co., NC, d. 4 Nov 1936, at daughter's home, near Suffolk, interred in the JONES-LASSITER family cemetery*, Skeetertown Rd., 5 Nov 1936, "Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 14, No. 191, Wed., Nov. 4, 1936, p. 8 *Additional information: A photo of his gravestone & two of John - all added by Robin Rountree-Key - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #196106436. D.Cert. 28111 (Cypress #355) gives son of Wiley & Sarah (KNIGHT) JONES. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j520j13o.txt