Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Lawrence F., 1961 

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LAWRENCE FREEMAN JONES

   FRANKLIN - Lawrence Freeman Jones, 58, farmer of the South Quay community 
in Nansemond County, died in his home early Friday after a long illness.

   He was a son of the late William Mason and Mrs. Idonia Rawls Jones of 
Nansemond County.  He was a lifelong member of South Quay Baptist Church.

   Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman Jones; and four daughters, 
Misses Mollie Lawrence Jones, Carolyn Louise Jones, Mary Elizabeth Jones and 
Fannie Webb Jones of the home; one brother, William Mason Jones of Suffolk; 
and one sister, Mrs. L.R. Morrison of Morganton, N.C.

   A funeral service was conducted in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home 
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Phillip E. Jenkins, pastor of South Quay 
Baptist Church, and the Rev. William H. Corbitt, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist 
Church, Suffolk.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Jack Jones, J.E. Jones, John Henry Goodman, Emmett Rawls 
and James E. Rawls and J.T. Pierce.


Lawrence Freeman JONES, South Quay farmer, 
b. 17 Sep 1904, Nansemond Co., d. 4 Aug 1961, at home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 223*), Franklin, 
   6 Aug 1961, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 7, 1961, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

His parents are buried in the same plot. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Anonymous - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #93048684. 

D.Cert. 21450 (Dist. 161 #250; Franklin R.F.D.) 

His father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Apr. 1951) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520w18o.txt 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Jan. 1949) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520i1ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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