Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Riddick, 1929 

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RIDDICK JONES 

Prominent Nansemond Farmer Dies 

  Riddick Jones, 81 years of age, a lifelong resident of Nansemond county and 
one of its most prominent farmers, died this morning at 6 o'clock at his home 
at Nurneyville after a brief illness.  A peculiar coincident of Mr. Jones' 
death is that his wife preceded him to the grave by only four months tomorrow. 

  The funeral will take place from Cypress Chapel Christian Church Sunday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and will be conducted by the pastor the Rev. R.E. 
Brittle, assisted by Dr. W.W. Staley and Dr. I.W. Johnson, of Suffolk. 
Interment will be in the church cemetery. 

  Mr. Jones is survived by one son, Marshall Jones, a granddaughter, Elizabeth 
Jones, of Farmville; one sister, Mrs. R.E. Babb, of Holland, and a number of 
nieces and nephews. 


Riddick JONES, retired farmer, 
b. 13 Mar 1849*, Nansemond Co., d. 1 Feb 1929, at home, Nurneyville, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 3 Feb 1929, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 288, Fri., Feb. 1, 1929, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestone - added by Laurie (Thompson) Mercer - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #25701157. 

D.Cert. 5879 (Whaleyville #1) gives son of Abram & Edith (BAINES) JONES. 

The 1900 Census - Owned Free Farm #168, Cypress Dist., Nansemond Co. - 
   gives b. Mar 1850. 


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