Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, R. Marshall Sr., 1973 

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Riddick M. Jones Sr. 

  SUFFOLK -- Riddick Marshall Jones Sr., 85, of 102½ S. Broad St., died 
Tuesday evening in his home. 

  A native of Nansemond County, he was a son of Riddick and Mrs. Emily James 
Duke Jones and the husband of Mrs. Martha Rountree Jones. 

  He was a retired farmer.  He was a member of Oxford United Methodist Church 
and its Men's Bible Class and charter member of Cypress Ruritan Club. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Wesley Harrell of Suffolk; 
two sons, Riddick Marshall Jones Jr. of El Paso, Tex., and William Joseph 
Jones of Virginia Beach; a stepson, Ralph A. Amos of Manakin-Sabot, Va.; seven 
grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in the R.W. Baker & Co. 
Funeral Home by the Rev. William N. Colton, Dr. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. W.A. 
Grissom.  Burial will be in Cypress Chapel Church Cemetery. 


Riddick Marshall JONES, Sr., retired farmer, 
b. 9 Jun 1888, Nansemond Co., d. 11 Sep 1973, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 13 Sep 1973, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 219, Wed., Sep. 12, 1973, p. 16 

*Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #25701015. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 73-028437 


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